pound sterling pound sovereign • pound up · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · pound sterling · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 14 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence. Synonyms: British pound, pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075