guilder
pronunciation
How to pronounce guilder in British English:
UK [ˈgɪldə(r)]
How to pronounce guilder in American English:
US [ˈɡɪldɚ]
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- Noun:
- the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
- formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
Word Origin
- guilder
- guilder: see gold
- guilder (n.)
- Dutch gold coin, late 15c., probably from a mispronunciation of Middle Dutch gulden, literally "golden," in gulden (florijn) or some similar name for a golden coin (see golden).
Example
- 1. Earlier this year he commissioned a study arguing that the netherlands would be better off returning to the guilder .
- 2. On the eve of the first world war , eichengreen shows , the dutch guilder , belgian franc and austrian schilling were all more important as reserve currencies than the dollar .
- 3. Mr wilders , who was once a single-issue anti-islam politician , has just announced he is investigating the possibility of the netherlands ditching the euro and going back to the guilder .
- 4. The netherlands antillean guilder is the official currency of the netherlands antilles , two groups of islands in the caribbean sea , and formerly in aruba .