POUND STERLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pound sterling mean? 

• POUND STERLING (noun)
  The noun POUND STERLING has 1 sense:

1. the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

  Familiarity information: POUND STERLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POUND STERLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

British pound; British pound sterling; pound; pound sterling; quid

Hypernyms ("pound sterling" is a kind of...):

British monetary unit (monetary unit in Great Britain)

Meronyms (parts of "pound sterling"):

penny (a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound)