Definition of sterling Sterling

/stɚˈlɪŋ/ - [sterling] - Ster•ling

We found 16 definitions of sterling from 6 different sources.

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What does sterling mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: sterlings

sterling - British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • sterling (Noun)
    The currency of the United Kingdom ; especially the pound.
  • sterling (Noun)
    Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0. 91666 and for silver 0. 925.
  • sterling (Noun)
    sterling Sterling silver , or articles made from this material.
  • sterling (Noun)
    A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.
  • sterling (Adjective)
    Of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.
  • sterling (Adjective)
    Of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.
  • sterling (Adjective)
    High quality.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • sterling (n.)
    Same as Starling, 3.
  • sterling (n.)
    Any English coin of standard value; coined money.
  • sterling (n.)
    A certain standard of quality or value for money.
  • sterling (a.)
    Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used.
  • sterling (a.)
    Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • sterling
    The currency of the United Kingdom.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • sterling
    stėr′ling, adj. a designation of British money—pure, genuine, of good quality—also generally, of value or excellence, authoritative. [Orig. the name of a penny; prob. from the Hanse merchants or Easterlings ('men from the east'), from North Germany, who had probably the privilege of coining money in England in the 13th century.]

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  • sterling, noun, singular of sterlings.
  • sterling, adjective.

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