pound sterling meaning
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[paʊnd ˈstɜː(ɹ).lɪŋ] WPound sterling
- The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known simply as the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory,
- The British Crown dependencies of Guernsey and Jersey produce their own local issues of sterling: "Guernsey pound" and "Jersey pound".
- Sterling is the 4th most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar, the euro, and the Japanese yen.
- NounPLpounds sterlingSUF-ling
- The currency of the United Kingdom.
- The currency of the United Kingdom.
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Grammatically, this idiom "pound sterling" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.