pounds sterling
UK legal tender
Pounds sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom, often shortened to pounds or sterling.
The phrase distinguishes British currency from other pounds (Egyptian, Lebanese) in international contexts: The contract specified payment in pounds sterling.
Sterling alone can modify nouns: sterling silver, a sterling reputation—meaning of excellent quality, from the currency's historical reliability.
Paper currency notes
- coinsMetal money units
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- cashReady spending funds
- fiverSlang five-dollar note
tenner · quid · pence · penny · tuppence · denomination · legal tender · circulation
Former British monetary unit
- guineaFormer British currency unit
- sovereignSupreme in power
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- florinHistoric European coin
halfpenny · farthing · groat · gold standard · silver coinage · decimalisation · pre-decimal · old money
Of the United Kingdom
- United KingdomAtlantic archipelago nation
- LondonEngland's capital city
- CommonwealthAssociation of sovereign states
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
Queen Elizabeth II · King Charles III · Britannia · royal portrait · coat of arms · national identity · imperial · colonial
Currency conversion value
- forexCurrency trading market
- inflationSustained price level increase
- interest rateCost of borrowing money
- Bank of EnglandUK monetary authority
monetary policy · fiscal · devaluation · appreciation · trading · reserve currency · gilt · bond
banknotes
Paper currency notes
fiver · tenner · quid · pence · penny · tuppence · denomination · legal tender · circulation · mint
shilling
Former British monetary unit
florin · halfpenny · farthing · groat · gold standard · silver coinage · decimalisation · pre-decimal · old money · exchequer
British
Of the United Kingdom
- United KingdomAtlantic archipelago nation
- LondonEngland's capital city
- CommonwealthAssociation of sovereign states
monarchy · Queen Elizabeth II · King Charles III · Britannia · royal portrait · coat of arms · national identity · imperial · colonial · tradition
exchange rate
Currency conversion value
- forexCurrency trading market
- inflationSustained price level increase
- interest rateCost of borrowing money
Bank of England · monetary policy · fiscal · devaluation · appreciation · trading · reserve currency · gilt · bond · treasury
- colonial moneypaper money, paper currency, Spanish dollar, piece of eight, pieces of eight
pounds sterlingeuros
Shared continental currency units
US dollars · Swiss francs · Australian dollars · Canadian dollars · dollars
pounds sterlingpoverty
Severe lack of resources
penury · destitution · penniless · broke · poor
pounds sterlingBitcoin
Peer-to-peer electronic cash
cryptocurrency · barter · Ethereum · digital currency · trade goods
pound, pounds, sterling, pounding, pounded, pounder, pounders, ponderous, ponder