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brown pound

brown pound noun: the perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group.

Noun

brown pound

  1. (UK) the perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group
    • MUCH has been said about the value of the pink pound, the grey pound and the brown pound'.27 September 2004, Sunday Times
    • It's only a matter of time before marketers collide in the scrabble for the pink grey brown pound.2004, Sunday Times

Questions about brown pound

What does brown pound mean?
Brown pound means the perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group.
What part of speech is brown pound?
Brown pound is a noun.

Words near brown pound in the dictionary

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