The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skilling \Skil"ling\, n. [Cf. Sheeling.] A bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage. [Prov. Eng.]
Skilling \Skil"ling\, n. [Sw. & Dan. See Shilling.] A money od account in Sweden, Norwey, Denmark, and North Germany, and also a coin. It had various values, from three fourths of a cent in Norway to more than two cents in L["u]beck.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. (present participle of skill English) Etymology 2
n. A Scandinavian monetary unit and coin up to the 19th century. (A subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish and Norwegian rigsdaler and speciedaler). Etymology 3
n. 1 A bay of a barn. 2 A small addition to a cottage.
Wikipedia
Skilling may refer to:
Places- Skilling, Dorset, England
- Skilling Island, Antarctica
- Chauncey Fitch Skilling (1868-1945), American architect
- H. Gordon Skilling (1912-2001), Canadian political scientist
- Jeffrey Skilling (born 1953), American former CEO of Enron Corporation, brother of Tom Skilling
- John Skilling (1921–1998), American civil engineer and architect
- Mark Skilling (born 1972), Scottish footballer
- Michael Skilling, former Attorney General of England and Wales
- Mikey Skilling, Scottish music artist
- Tom Skilling (born 1952), American meteorologist in Chicago, Illinois, brother of Jeffrey Skilling
- Skilling (Scandinavian monetary unit), a historical form of currency
- Skilling v. United States, a U.S. Supreme Court case
The skilling (pronounced approx. like English shilling) was the Scandinavian equivalent of the schilling or shilling. It was used as a subdivision of the Swedish riksdaler, the Danish rigsdaler, the Norwegian rigsdaler, and the Norwegian speciedaler.
Usage examples of "skilling".
Baby steps toward deregulation were forcing utilities to open their transmission lines to anyone, and Skilling wanted Enron to jump in with both feet.
Skilling and Enron had become the champions of electricity deregulation, arguing that the calcified industry was ready to be shattered by competition.
The meeting ended, and Skilling, downcast, followed Kinder to the elevator for the fiftieth floor.
In less than two weeks Kinder and Skilling lined up multi year contracts for more than a billion dollars of gas.
The pay would be less-something Skilling glossed over-but Kinder had suggested Enron might give him a piece of the business.
It is a chaotic arrangement of mean huts, wooden skillings, slaughter yards, knackeries, cow pens, leather tanners, open sewers, broken fences, rutted streets, one-shilling hells and taverns, all crawling with rats and mangy cats.
Skilling said he would make the presentation himself, but asked Andersen to be there ready to answer any questions on the technical accounting issues.
And then-even if those profits came from fancy accounting--Jeff Skilling would be one very rich man.
With his plans to push loans into the gas market, Skilling knew a securitization expert could give his fledgling business access to an almost endless supply of capital.
Spencer Stuart had been hired by Skilling to track down his securitization expert, and Fastow, a twenty-eight-year-old banker, seemed to fit the bill.
Well, Chade and Verity had both suspected that Skilling drew the Forged ones.
I felt Will hesitate, then plunge into that Skilling, reaching after Verity and trying to leech onto him.