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pound sterling

pound sterling

noun

  1. the official name for the standard monetary unit of the United Kingdom See pound 3
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pound sterling1

First recorded in 1625–35
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Example Sentences

The articles of Macaulay are going through the sixth edition, although the book costs a pound sterling.

According to the Italian press, for example, he has "the patriotism of the pound sterling."

In England people are continually paying and receiving money in pounds, but few could say exactly what a pound sterling means.

I would give a pound sterling any time for a good laugh; and that, I think, is why I have always been—round.

On arriving at the washing-place, he made a present to the chief of the value of about a pound sterling.

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