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Encyclopedia: Pound sterling

For other uses, see GBP (disambiguation). The pound (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), divided into 100 pence, is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies. The slang term "quid" is often used in place of "pound", depending on the region.

The official full name pound sterling (plural: pounds sterling) is used mainly in formal contexts and also when it is necessary to distinguish the currency used within the United Kingdom from others that have the same name. The currency name — but not the names of its units — is sometimes abbreviated to just "sterling", particularly in the wholesale financial markets; so "payment accepted in sterling", but never "that costs five sterling". The abbreviations "ster." or "stg." are sometimes used. The term British pound, commonly used outside the UK, is not an official name of the currency.

Translations

How to say "Pound sterling" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	英镑
	(Japanese)	UKポンド
	(German)	Pfund Sterling
	(Spanish)	Libra esterlina
	(French)	Livre sterling
	(Italian)	Sterlina inglese

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GBP

GBP may be: the ISO currency code for the British Pound Sterling. stock symbol for Gables Residential Trust...

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Petrocurrency

Petrocurrency is the currency of a country with oil to export, for instance, Saudi Arabian riyals. Pound Sterling has become a petrocurrency thanks to the North Sea oil exports. The Australian dollar does not fall in this category, since it does not export a significant amount of oil every year...

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Pound (currency)

Gibraltar Lebanon Malta Syria - see Syrian pound United Kingdom - see Pound Sterling It is also the name.... The symbol for the pound, particularly with respect to the pound sterling legal tender in the UK and... As a unit of currency, the term pound originates from the value of a Troy pound weight (Latin...

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Baltimore PLC

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Maltese lira

The Maltese Lira , known in the Maltese language as the Lira Malti , is the currency of Malta. It was previously known as the Maltese Pound, which was on a par with the British Pound Sterling (GBP... sterling. Divided into 100 cents, the Lira (plural Liri ) is abbreviated as LM, although the traditional �...

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Nick Barmby

sterling for his services. He stayed at Middlesbrough for just one season and a half before heading to Everton F.C., who paid a record 5.75 million pounds sterling for him. He stayed there for 4 seasons... pounds sterling for him. He was the first player since 1959 to do this. After two unremarkable...

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1158

Japan. British Pound Sterling (currency) introduced Births September 23 - Geoffrey Plantagenet...

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1711 in Canada

repeatedly attacked, its chiefs tortured, its people sold (10 pounds sterling each) into slavery. The...

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Quid

Quid has several meanings: A small, circular item similar to a dollar; for example, sand dollars Slang (British) for one Pound Sterling (£). The Irish pound was also referred to by this name. Can also refer to Euro currency in Ireland. A French thematic encyclopedia, published annually by Robert...

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Quid

Quid has several meanings: A small, circular item similar to a dollar; for example, sand dollars Slang (British) for one Pound Sterling (£). The Irish pound was also referred to by this name. Can also refer to Euro currency in Ireland. A French thematic encyclopedia, published annually by Robert...

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