Meaning of Guilder | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
2. Obsolete spelling of gilder (“one who gilds”).
   alt-of, obsolete
3. The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.
4. The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.

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Examples

“[N]one ſhall be choſen to be a Commiſſioner in the Court at Amſterdam, vnleſſe he put ſix thouſand gilders ſtocke of his owne in the ſaid Companie; [...]”

“On the Spuy is a good Dutch Inn, called the Hoff van Utrecht. The Price is a Gilder a Day, or a Shilling for the Dinner only.”

“A lady ſhould, indeed, ſtudie her face, when wee thinke ſhee ſleepes: nor, when the dores are ſhut, ſhould men bee inquiring, all is ſacred within, then. [...] you ſee guilders will not worke, but inclos'd. They muſt not diſcouer, how little ſerues, with the helpe of art, to adorne a great deale.”

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