A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel. / (slang) Money. / (historical) An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.

plural of shekel

plural of new shekel

The Israeli currency since 1 January 1986 (distinguished from the abolished 1980-1985 shekel). Divided into 100 agorot and represented by ₪. In English, also represented by the initialism NIS (for "New Israeli Shekel"). ISO 4217 code: ILS.