D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Shekel

/shĕk'-əl/ · Shek·el · IPA /ˈʃɛkəl/
01 n. An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
  1. 1.
    An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.
  2. 2.
    A jocose term for money.