💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pound sterling"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| poundnoun | A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight. |
| quidnoun | Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else. |
| british poundnoun | the basic unit of money in great britain; equal to 100 pence |
| sterlingnoun | (by extension) (uncountable) The currency of the United Kingdom, based on the pound sterling; hence, genuine English or British currency, as contrasted with foreign currency. |
| eurosterlingnoun | (finance) A deposit, in pounds sterling, held in a bank outside of the United Kingdom. |
| old moneynoun | (idiomatic, often derogatory) Families that have been wealthy for generations or members of such families. |
| uniteverb | (transitive) To bring together as one. |
| shillingenoun | Obsolete spelling of shilling. [(historical) A coin formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and many other Commonwealth countries worth twelve old pence, or one twentieth of a pound sterling.] |
| union flagnoun | The flag of Great Britain or the United Kingdom. |
| brown poundnoun | (British) the perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group |
| united kingdom of great britainnoun | (nonstandard) United Kingdom |
| broad | Wide in extent or scope. |
| britainnoun | (loosely) The United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. |
| royal mail | Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company. |
| britishnoun | The citizens or inhabitants of the United Kingdom. |
| noble | Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character. |
| red, white and bluenoun | (US) The flag of the United States of America. |
| avoirdupoisnoun | (chiefly humorous) Weight; heaviness. |
| united kingdomnoun | A kingdom and country in Northern Europe, comprising the four countries of England, Scotland and Wales on the island of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland since 1922. |
| englandnoun | The largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom; established in southern Britain by Aethelstan of Wessex in 927. |
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