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POUND STERLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Synonyms:
British pound; British pound sterling; pound; pound sterling; quid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
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)
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