British Pound Sterling (Noun)
Meaning
The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The cost of the souvenir was twenty British pounds sterling.
- He had a wallet full of British pound sterling bills and some coins.
- It costs over fifty British pounds sterling per person to visit the castle.
- After her trip to England, she still had a few British pound sterling coins in her purse.
- He needed to exchange his US dollars for British pound sterling at the currency exchange.