(pounds sterling)
1Pounds sterling — Livre sterling Pour les articles homonymes, voir Livre et Sterling. Unité monétaire moderne actuelle livre sterling …
2sterling — ster‧ling [ˈstɜːlɪŋ ǁ ˈstɜːr ] noun [uncountable] FINANCE the system of money in Britain, based on the pound: • Sterling was trading at $1.6490, up from $1.6470. • His salary is paid in pounds sterling. * * * Ⅰ. sterling UK US /ˈstɜːlɪŋ/ noun [U …
3sterling — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun PHRASES ▪ pounds sterling ▪ 50 pounds sterling {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. Sterling is used with these nouns: ↑example, ↑performance, ↑reputation, ↑reser …
4sterling balances — /ˌstɜ:lɪŋ bælənsɪz/ plural noun a country’s trade balances expressed in pounds sterling …
5Sterling Hall bombing — Once home to the physics department at UW–Madison, Sterling Hall also housed the Army Mathematics Research Center which made it the target of student protests. It currently houses the Astronomy Department. Location …
6Sterling Bicycle Co. — Sterling Bicycle Co. (also known as Sterling Cycle Works) was a 19th century American bicycle company first based based in Chicago, Illinois before relocating to Kenosha, Wisconsin.HistoryIn 1894 Annie Londonderry Kopchovsky traveled around the… …
7sterling bond — ➔ bond * * * sterling bond UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► a bond that is issued (= offered for sale) in British pounds by a country outside the UK: »If the supply of euro bonds falls relative to the supply of sterling bonds, the euro must strengthen to …
8Pounds — Pound Pound, n.; pl. {Pounds}, collectively {Pound} or {Pounds}. [AS. pund, fr. L. pondo, akin to pondus a weight, pendere to weigh. See {Pendant}.] 1. A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number… …
9Pounds — Pound Pound, n.; pl. {Pounds}, collectively {Pound} or {Pounds}. [AS. pund, fr. L. pondo, akin to pondus a weight, pendere to weigh. See {Pendant}.] 1. A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number… …
10Sterling Area — The sterling area came into existence at the outbreak of the second world war. It was a wartime emergency measure which involved cooperation in exchange control matters between a group of countries, mostly dominions and colonies of the former… …