pound sterling

What does pound sterling mean?

pound sterling means "the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence".

What is another word for pound sterling?

Close synonyms include British pound, pound, British pound sterling, quid. 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 pound sterling a common word?

pound sterling 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.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pound sterling come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.