irish pound

1. 1.

   formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

   SynonymsIrish puntpuntpound

   BroaderIrish monetary unit

   Partspenny

Questions about irish pound

What does irish pound mean?

irish pound means "formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence".

What is another word for irish pound?

Close synonyms include Irish punt, punt, pound. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is irish pound a common word?

irish pound is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.