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pound sterling n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Currencies) the official name for the standard monetary unit of the United Kingdom See pound2 [5] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| I maintain the title by the annual payment of twelve pound sterling for a certificate. Rags and scraps of the coarse clothing were parted with at the rate equal to about twenty dollars a yard; a piece of a lantern and one or two other trifles brought nearly their weight in gold; and an Englishman offered a pound sterling for a single breeches-button. They are paid one pound sterling a month, and their food is given them: this for breakfast consists of sixteen figs and two small loaves of bread; for dinner, boiled beans; for supper, broken roasted wheat grain. |
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