How To Use British pound In A Sentence
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The symbol for the British pound, meanwhile, comes from the Latin word for scales
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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.
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On the upside, the Iceland krona rose 0.9%, the Norwegian krone 0.8%, and the British pound 0.7%.
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£ is the sign for the British pound.
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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
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In January 2002 the euro replaced the Irish punt, which in 1928 had replaced the British pound before it.
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The currency is the kuna, of which there are about ten to a British pound.
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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.
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A smaller proportion of the basket will be made up of the British pound, Thai baht and Russian rouble.
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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%.
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On the downside, the South African rand declined 3%, the Hungarian forint 1.6%, and the British pound 1.3%.
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In 1997 the Irish punt rose in the slipstream of the British pound to its upper limits against all other currencies.
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If thaler got its name from the town where it was first minted, the British pound is a testimonial to the times when a coin was the standardised weight of a metal, and the name of the coin reflected the weight in some way.
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Under this regime the British pound, fixed to a certain value in gold, served as a transworld currency and thereby greatly facilitated cross-border payments.
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Why don't we set our currency on par to the British pound?
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£ is the sign for the British pound.
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An idea of the size of the royal discount can be gathered from the relative purchasing power of the British pound today; using the retail price index the sum amounts to £4,730, using average earnings, it comes to £14,500—neither figure anywhere near today's saleroom prices for Fabergé.
A Palace's Small Treasures
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The owner said that it had cost 85,000 British pounds which was 20,000 over his budget.
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All meals, entertainment and gratuities on board included plus currency onboard in British pounds.
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The British pound with 100 pence, had until recently 20 shillings and each shilling had 12 pence, like our pre-1957 rupee with 16 annas and each anna divided into four paisa.
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In November, the dollar fell to a record low against the euro, a 26-year nadir against the British pound and a level not seen in a century versus the Canadian dollar.
