guilder

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the former standard monetary unit of the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents

   The merchant paid six hundred guilders into the Bank of Amsterdam.

2. 2
   noun

   a monetary unit formerly used in Suriname and other Dutch territories

   The old receipt listed the purchase price in Surinamese guilders.

From Middle Dutch gulden ("golden"), originally in the phrase gulden florijn ("golden florin"). The adjective became a noun for the coin and then for the Dutch unit of account. English guilder reflects the same Germanic stem as Dutch gulden.

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