noun, adjective
noun [U] the money system of Britain, based on the pound:
the value of sterling * You can be paid in pounds sterling or American dollars.
adjective [usuallybeforenoun] (formal) of excellent quality:
He has done sterling work on the finance committee. * My old watch has given me 15 years of sterling service. * She has sterling qualities.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sterling is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does sterling appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — sterling appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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