"pound sterling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /paʊnd ˈstɜː(ɹ).lɪŋ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-pound sterling.wav [US] Forms: pounds sterling [plural]
Etymology: The sterling was originally a silver penny. 240 of them made a pound. Head templates: {{en-noun|pounds sterling}} pound sterling (plural pounds sterling)
  1. The currency of the United Kingdom. Categories (topical): Currencies Categories (place): United Kingdom Synonyms: GBP, pound Sterling, £ Translations (currency of the UK): sprovuar funt [masculine] (Albanian), جُنَيْه (junayh) [masculine] (Arabic), جُنَيْه إِسْتَرْلِينِيّ (junayh ʔistarlīniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), ֆունտ ստեռլինգ (funt steṙling) (Armenian), funt sterlinq (Azerbaijani), фунт стэ́рлінгаў (funt stérlinhaŭ) [masculine] (Belarusian), брита́нска ли́ра (británska líra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 英鎊 (Chinese Mandarin), 英镑 (Yīngbàng) (Chinese Mandarin), libra [feminine] (Czech), britská libra [feminine] (Czech), libra šterlinků [feminine] (Czech), britiske pund (Danish), pund (Danish), pond sterling (Dutch), pond (Dutch), naelsterling (Estonian), pund [neuter] (Faroese), punta (Finnish), Englannin punta (Finnish), livre sterling [masculine] (French), libra esterlina [feminine] (Galician), გირვანქა სტერლინგი (girvanka sṭerlingi) (Georgian), Pfund Sterling [neuter] (German), Pfund [neuter] (German), λίρα στερλίνα (líra sterlína) [feminine] (Greek), לירה שטרלינג (Hebrew), पाउंड स्टर्लिंग (pāuṇḍ sṭarliṅg) (Hindi), पाउंड (pāuṇḍ) (Hindi), font sterling (Hungarian), breskt pund (Icelandic), pund (Icelandic), paun (Indonesian), punt steirling (Irish), lira sterlina [feminine] (Italian), ポンド (pondo) (Japanese), 파운드 (paundeu) (Korean), sterliņu mārciņa [feminine] (Latvian), svaras sterlingų [masculine] (Lithuanian), британска фунта (britanska funta) [feminine] (Macedonian), punt Sostynagh [masculine] (Manx), фунт стерлинг (english: funt sterling) (Mongolian), pauni [class-10, class-9] (Ngazidja Comorian), sterlîn (Northern Kurdish), britisk pund (Norwegian Bokmål), pund (Norwegian Bokmål), پوند استرلینگ (english: pond esterling) (Persian), pownd sturleng (Pitcairn-Norfolk), funt [masculine] (Polish), funt sterling [masculine] (Polish), funt szterling [masculine] (Polish), sterling [masculine] (Polish), szterling [masculine] (Polish), libra esterlina [feminine] (Portuguese), liră sterlină [feminine] (Romanian), фунт сте́рлингов (funt stérlingov) [masculine] (Russian), фунт (funt) [masculine] (Russian), punnd sasannach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), британска фунта [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), britanska funta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), libra [feminine] (Slovak), britská libra [feminine] (Slovak), libra šterlingov [feminine] (Slovak), funt šterling [masculine] (Slovene), libra esterlina [feminine] (Spanish), pund (Swedish), ปอนด์ (bpon) (Thai), İngiliz sterlini (Turkish), фунт сте́рлінгів (funt stérlinhiv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), funt sterling (Uzbek), bảng Anh (Vietnamese)

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          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "girvanka sṭerlingi",
          "sense": "currency of the UK",
          "word": "გირვანქა სტერლინგი"
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pāuṇḍ sṭarliṅg",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "currency of the UK",
          "word": "punt steirling"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "currency of the UK",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "lira sterlina"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "pondo",
          "sense": "currency of the UK",
          "word": "ポンド"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "paundeu",
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          "word": "파운드"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "word": "sterlîn"
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          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "code": "fa",
          "english": "pond esterling",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "currency of the UK",
          "word": "پوند استرلینگ"
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          "lang": "Pitcairn-Norfolk",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "currency of the UK",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "lang": "Polish",
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms where the adjective follows the noun",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Currencies",
        "en:United Kingdom"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547",
          "text": "Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The currency of the United Kingdom."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "currency",
          "currency"
        ],
        [
          "United Kingdom",
          "United Kingdom"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/paʊnd ˈstɜː(ɹ).lɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-pound_sterling.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Persent101-pound_sterling.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "GBP"
    },
    {
      "word": "pound Sterling"
    },
    {
      "word": "£"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sprovuar funt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "junayh",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جُنَيْه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "junayh ʔistarlīniyy",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جُنَيْه إِسْتَرْلِينِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "funt steṙling",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "ֆունտ ստեռլինգ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "funt sterlinq"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "funt stérlinhaŭ",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фунт стэ́рлінгаў"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "británska líra",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брита́нска ли́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "英鎊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yīngbàng",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "英镑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "britská libra"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libra šterlinků"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "britiske pund"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "pund"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "pond sterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "pond"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "naelsterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pund"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "punta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "Englannin punta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "livre sterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libra esterlina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "girvanka sṭerlingi",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "გირვანქა სტერლინგი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pfund Sterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Pfund"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "líra sterlína",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "λίρα στερλίνα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "לירה שטרלינג"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pāuṇḍ sṭarliṅg",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "पाउंड स्टर्लिंग"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pāuṇḍ",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "पाउंड"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "font sterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "breskt pund"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "pund"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "paun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "punt steirling"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lira sterlina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pondo",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "ポンド"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "paundeu",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "파운드"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "sterlîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sterliņu mārciņa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "svaras sterlingų"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "britanska funta",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "британска фунта"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "punt Sostynagh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "english": "funt sterling",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "фунт стерлинг"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "pauni"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "britisk pund"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "pund"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "english": "pond esterling",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "پوند استرلینگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pih",
      "lang": "Pitcairn-Norfolk",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "pownd sturleng"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funt sterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funt szterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libra esterlina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "liră sterlină"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "funt stérlingov",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фунт сте́рлингов"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "funt",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фунт"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "punnd sasannach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "британска фунта"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "britanska funta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "britská libra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libra šterlingov"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "funt šterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libra esterlina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "pund"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpon",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "ปอนด์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "İngiliz sterlini"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "funt stérlinhiv",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фунт сте́рлінгів"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "funt sterling"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "currency of the UK",
      "word": "bảng Anh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pound sterling"
}

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