• IPA: /ɡɪɫt/

gilt (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
   1. (uncountable, by extension) Gold-colored paint or other coating.
2. (uncountable, slang) Money.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act II, prologue]:

     three corrupted men […]
     Have, for the gilt of France,—O guilt indeed!—
     Confirm'd conspiracy with fearful France

3. (countable, finance) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
4. (obsolete, uncountable) A gilded object, an object covered with gold.

• German: Vergoldung
• Italian: doratura, indorato
• Russian: позоло́та

• Russian: (slang) бабло

gilt

1. Golden coloured.

• French: doré
• German: gülden
• Portuguese: dourado
• Russian: золотистый
• Spanish: dorado

1. Simple past tense and past participle of gild

• parcel gilt

gilt (plural gilts)

1. A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.