STERLING AREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sterling area mean? 

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

1. the group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STERLING AREA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

scheduled territories; sterling area; sterling bloc

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

axis; bloc (a group of countries in special alliance)