sterling
61sterling — / stɜ:lɪŋ/ noun a standard currency used in the United Kingdom ● to quote prices in sterling or to quote sterling prices ▪▪▪ ‘…it is doubtful that British goods will price themselves back into world markets as long as sterling labour costs… …
62sterling — [13] Sterling ‘British money’ originated as a term for an English silver penny from the 13th to the 15th centuries. The first ones struck had the design of a small star on them – hence the name sterling (and its now defunct variant starling),… …
63Sterling — /sterr ling/, n. 1. a city in NW Illinois. 16,273. 2. a city in NE Colorado. 11,385. 3. a male given name. * * * ▪ Colorado, United States city, seat (1887) of Logan county, northeastern Colorado, U.S. It lies along the South Platte River… …
64Sterling — Term used for the fineness of coins. Once thought to be so called because some coins had a star; another suggested derivation was from *Easterlings, who were coiners brought to England by Henry II to improve the currency. Foreign copies of the… …
65sterling — ster·ling agg.inv., s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} 1. agg.inv. TS metall. spec. nella loc. → argento sterling 2a. s.m.inv. TS elettr. tipo di vernice isolante a base di olio di lino, impiegata per impregnare o rivestire materiali tessili… …
66sterling — sb. == a coin of sterling money. RG. 563, 565. Germ. sterling …
67sterling — 1 noun (U) the standard unit of money in the United Kingdom, based on the pound 2 adjective 1 sterling silver/gold silver or gold of a particular standard or pureness 2 sterling qualities/effort/character etc especially BrE qualities etc that are …
68sterling — Starling Star ling ( l[i^]ng), n. [OE. sterlyng, a dim. of OE. stare, AS. st[ae]r; akin to AS. stearn, G. star, staar, OHG. stara, Icel. starri, stari, Sw. stare, Dan. st[ae]r, L. sturnus. Cf. {Stare} a starling.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any passerine bird …
69STERLING — adj. des deux genres Il se dit d’une Monnaie de compte en Angleterre et ne s’emploie guère que comme épithète du mot Livre. Cinquante livres sterling …
70sterling — 1. noun /ˈstɜː(ɹ).lɪŋ/ a) the currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound b) former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925. 2 …
