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pounds sterling

pounds sterling is the plural of pound sterling.

Meaning of pound sterling

Noun

pound sterling (plural pounds sterling)

  1. The currency of the United Kingdom.
    • Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
    Synonyms:
    pound[Appendix:Glossary, quid, nicker, sov

Questions about pounds sterling

What is pounds sterling the plural of?
Pounds sterling is the plural of pound sterling.

Words near pounds sterling in the dictionary

  1. pounds of flesh
  2. pounds out
  3. pounds salt
  4. pounds sand
  5. pounds sand into a rathole
  6. pounds sterling
  7. pounds the pavement
  8. pounds-mass
  9. Poundstock
  10. Poundstone
  11. Poundstones

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