sterling
IPA: stˈɝɫɪŋ
noun
- The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
- Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.
- Sterling silver, or articles made from this material.
- A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.
- A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling.
- An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
- A city, the county seat of Logan County, Colorado.
- A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
- A census-designated place in Glynn County, Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Bingham County, Idaho.
- A city in Whiteside County, Illinois.
- A ghost town in Jackson County, Iowa.
- A city in Rice County, Kansas.
- A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
- A village in Deep River Township, Arenac County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, Montana.
- A village in Johnson County, Nebraska.
- A town in Cayuga County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Burleigh County, North Dakota.
- A census-designated place in Milton Township, Wayne County, Ohio.
- A town in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Woodward Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Sanpete County, Utah.
- A census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
- A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.
- A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships, listed under Sterling Township.
adjective
- (not comparable) Of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.
- (not comparable) Of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.
- Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative.
- Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence.
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Examples of "sterling" in Sentences
- The currency is the pound sterling.
- The UK usese sterling, not dollars.
- The official currency is the Pound sterling.
- The Falkland Islands uses the pound sterling.
- He exchaned the pound sterling to the US dollar.
- A feature of Sterling is the richness of the renders.
- Look for the word sterling on the back of the handle.
- Sterling College is the largest employer in the city of Sterling.
- The value of the Australian pound remained tied to the pound sterling.
- Instead, the island uses the United Kingdom issue of the pound sterling.
- Isn't sterling the name of the UK currency and pound is one of the units
- The BOE insisted there is no shortage of short-term sterling liquidity in the market.
- Available in sterling silver and 10-karat gold, the pendant retails for $115 and $420, respectively, at Meandrojewelry. com.
- But that, in sterling, is £398,631 (at current exchange rates) yet this compares with £437,000 each for lightly armoured Pinzgauer trucks.
- It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
- On Thursday, gold priced in sterling and euros reached record highs, while that priced in the more usual dollar denomination was quoted at $US1236 an ounce, with dealers expecting it to reach fresh highs over coming days.
- Accordingly, the pound currency was fixed at 18 shillings sterling, and 90 pounds sterling was equal to 100 pounds currency, the rules of conversion being, _add one-ninth to sterling to obtain currency, and deduct one tenth from currency to find the sterling_.
- Before this summit Cameron had already retreated from his pre-election rhetoric in arguing that chancellor Angela Merkel's demand for changes to the hard-fought Lisbon Treaty? intended to prevent the need for another £400bn Greek currency rescue? does not amount to a further erosion of British sovereignty, because sterling is not a eurozone member.
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