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BRITISH POUND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does British pound mean?
• BRITISH POUND (noun)
The noun BRITISH POUND has 1 sense:
1. the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Familiarity information: BRITISH POUND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
British pound; British pound sterling; pound; pound sterling; quid
Hypernyms ("British pound" is a kind of...):
British monetary unit (monetary unit in Great Britain)
Meronyms (parts of "British pound"):
penny (a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound)
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