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Meanings of shekel in inglês

Mesopotamian unit of area in ratio 1/60.

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Usage of shekel in inglês
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To auction, you must bid at least 1 shekel for the candle.
Wired
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Israel's shekel currency fell against the dollar over worries about the incident.
Reuters
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The figure included a 30 million shekel expense for a voluntary redundancy programme.
Reuters
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The strong shekel has also made imports cheaper, adding to local producers' woes.
Reuters
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I did not make even one shekel, he said this week.
Reuters
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The shekel and the maneh were the only medium of exchange.
Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs
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See the signers escape not; hold them to the last shekel.
Ben-Hur
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The shekel was equal to about an ounce, in our modern avoirdupois system.
Hebrew Life and Times
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Israel's shekel currency fell against the dollar due to concern about the incident.
Reuters
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No more valuable than any other shekel of the same weight.
Rogues
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Isaac stared at him a minute, then fumbled for a shekel.
Perdido Street Station
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It was a shekel of Tyre, but not just any shekel.
Rogues
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The shekel has depreciated 2 percent versus the dollar the past six months.
Reuters
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Then, no doubt, he taxed them a shekel apiece and let them go.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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It reported a 40 million shekel profit from the sale.
Reuters
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Inside the basket was a brass shekel and a note in careful, ornamented italics.
Perdido Street Station
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