FLORIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does florin mean? 

• FLORIN (noun)
  The noun FLORIN has 2 senses:

1. the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents

2. formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents

  Familiarity information: FLORIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLORIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

florin; guilder; gulden

Hypernyms ("florin" is a kind of...):

Surinamese monetary unit (monetary unit in Suriname)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Dutch florin; florin; guilder; gulden

Hypernyms ("florin" is a kind of...):

Dutch monetary unit (monetary unit in the Netherlands)

Meronyms (parts of "florin"):

cent (a fractional monetary unit of several countries)

 Context examples 

He was all right, as far as money went, but in his deposit he had given her what looked like a bad florin.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I have but five florins in the world, and here are four of them.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You may easily believe, said he, how great was the difficulty to persuade my father that all necessary knowledge was not comprised in the noble art of book-keeping; and, indeed, I believe I left him incredulous to the last, for his constant answer to my unwearied entreaties was the same as that of the Dutch schoolmaster in The Vicar of Wakefield: ‘I have ten thousand florins a year without Greek, I eat heartily without Greek.’ But his affection for me at length overcame his dislike of learning, and he has permitted me to undertake a voyage of discovery to the land of knowledge.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

At first the thing was merry and pleasant enough; but when it had gone on a while, and there seemed to be no end of playing or dancing, they began to cry out, and beg him to leave off; but he stopped not a whit the more for their entreaties, till the judge not only gave him his life, but promised to return him the hundred florins.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“Holy father, I hand you twelve florins, which is all that we can give, though we well know how poor a pay it is for the wondrous things which you sell us.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then the miser began to beg and promise, and offered money for his liberty; but he did not come up to the musician’s price for some time, and he danced him along brisker and brisker, and the miser bid higher and higher, till at last he offered a round hundred of florins that he had in his purse, and had just gained by cheating some poor fellow.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I have said once and forever that I am yours with every bow-string of my army and every florin in my coffers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)