NOUN
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
How To Use British pound In A Sentence
- The symbol for the British pound, meanwhile, comes from the Latin word for scales NYT > Home Page
- This week, British pound trades to a five-week high against the dollar; the Swedish krona trades to a three-year high; the South African rand to a 2 ½ year high; the Israeli shekel to a 15-month high.
- On the upside, the Iceland krona rose 0.9%, the Norwegian krone 0.8%, and the British pound 0.7%.
- £ is the sign for the British pound.
- And I would say that the British pound "knit" the world economy together long before the birth of Ben Bernanke, while the golden solidus of ancient Byzantium circulated as global money ages before the reign of Queen Victoria. How the Dollar Rules by Fiat
- In January 2002 the euro replaced the Irish punt, which in 1928 had replaced the British pound before it.
- The currency is the kuna, of which there are about ten to a British pound.
- The dollar has taken a hit against almost every major world currency including the British pound, Canadian dollar and Japanese yen, as well as some minor ones like the Turkish lira, Thai baht, and Australian dollar.
- A smaller proportion of the basket will be made up of the British pound, Thai baht and Russian rouble.
- On the upside, the Indonesian rupiah gained 3.2%, the Romanian leu 1.6%, the Philippines peso 1.3%, and the British pound 1.3%.