STERLING AREA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The group of countries whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling

Synonyms:

scheduled territories; sterling area; sterling bloc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("sterling area" is a kind of...):

axis; bloc (a group of countries in special alliance)

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