<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>Also sheqel.</li><li>a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Israel equal to 100 agorot: replaced the pound in 1980.</li><li>an ancient, originally Babylonian, unit of weight, of varying value, taken as equal to the fiftieth or the sixtieth part of a mina or to about a quarter to half an ounce.</li><li>a coin of this weight, especially the chief silver coin of the ancient Hebrews.</li><li>shekels, Slang. money; cash.</li></ul>