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STERLING AREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling
Synonyms:
scheduled territories; sterling area; sterling bloc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("sterling area" is a kind of...):
axis; bloc (a group of countries in special alliance)