pound
noun [C] (MONEY) /paʊnd/Definition
A2 (symbol £) the standard unit of money used in the UK and some other countries: a one-pound/two-pound coin There are one hundred pence in a pound. They stole jewellery valued at £50,000 (= 50,000 pounds). "Have you got any change?" "Sorry, I've only got a five-pound note.British money the pound (symbol £) › the value of the UK pound, used in comparing the values of different types of money from around the world: The devaluation of the pound will make British goods more competitive abroad. On the foreign exchanges the pound rose two cents against the dollar to $1.52.British money
(Definition of pound noun (MONEY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -penny suffix
- bit noun (COIN)
- bob noun (MONEY)
- crown noun (COIN)
- farthing noun
- fiver noun
- guinea noun
- pence
- penny noun
- pound sign noun
- pound sterling noun
- quid noun
- shilling noun
- sixpenny adjective
- smacker noun (MONEY)
- sovereign noun (COIN)
- threepenny adjective
- tuppence noun
- tuppenny adjective
- twopenny adjective
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