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BRITISH MONETARY UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Monetary unit in Great Britain
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("British monetary unit" is a kind of...):
monetary unit (a unit of money)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "British monetary unit"):
British pound; British pound sterling; pound; pound sterling; quid (the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence)
bob; British shilling; shilling (a former monetary unit in Great Britain)