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pound sterling

pound ster·ling
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pound stur-ling]
    • /paʊnd ˈstɜr lɪŋ/
    • /paʊnd ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pound stur-ling]
    • /paʊnd ˈstɜr lɪŋ/

Definitions of pound sterling words

  • noun pound sterling pound2 (def 3). 1
  • noun pound sterling British unit of currency 1
  • noun pound sterling the official name for the standard monetary unit of the United Kingdom 0

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Origin of pound sterling

First appearance:

before 1625
One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1625-35

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Parts of speech for Pound sterling

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pound sterling popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

pound sterling usage trend in Literature

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