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Noun. Money. Abb. of sovereign, £1 sterling.
one pound (£1) or a number of pounds sterling. Plural uses singular form, eg., 'Fifteen quid is all I want for it..', or 'I won five hundred quid on the horses yesterday..'. The slang money expression 'quid' seems first to have appeared in late 1600s England, derived from Latin (quid meaning 'what', as in 'quid pro quo' - 'something for something else'). Other intriguing possible origins/influences include a suggested connection with the highly secretive Quidhampton banknote paper-mill, and the term quid as applied (ack D Murray) to chewing tobacco, which are explained in more detail under quid in the cliches, words and slang page.
Noun. Money. A mispronunciation of 'sovs' (sovereign, meaning £1 sterling). E.g."How many sobs did that Armani suit cost?"
guinea is not a slang term, it's a proper and historical word for an amount of money equating to twenty-one shillings, or in modern sterling one pound five pence.
Noun. One pound sterling.
Noun. 1. A loud kiss. From the noise it might make. 2. One pound sterling, although usually in the plural. E.g."She still owes me 40 smackers from last week." 3. A strong physical blow. E.g."I caught him a right smacker on his jaw."
Noun. 1. £25 sterling. 2. Rubbish, nonsense. E.g."Our team are a load of old pony and don't deserve to be in the final." 3. An act of defecation. E.g."Can you wait for me? I need to have a pony." 4. A piece of excrement. * Versions 2, 3 and 4 are from the rhyming slang pony and trap meaning 'crap'. See 'crap'.
one pound sterling
Noun. A ten-pound (sterling) monetary note. {Informal}
adj good/great: That main course was sterling stuff.
Noun. A five pound (sterling) note. Rhyming slang on 'fiver'. See 'fiver'.
Pounds sterling. If something costs £1 you may be asked for a quid; the word doesn't change in the plural, so £50 is fifty quid
Noun. A jocular term for one pound sterling, derived from 'quid'.
Verb. 1. To obtain illicit drugs. [Orig. U.S. 1930s] 2. To achieve a liason with a sexually desirable person. Noun. In money, 20 pounds sterling.
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A German silver coin worth about three shillings sterling, or about 73 cents.
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Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
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A silver coin, and money of account, used in Italy and Sicily, varying in value, in different parts, but worth about 4 shillings sterling, or about 96 cents; also, a gold coin worth about the same.
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A gold coin of Rome, worth 64 shillings 11 pence sterling, or about $ 15.70.
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Any English coin of standard value; coined money.
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Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used.
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An Italian silver coin. The testoon of Rome is worth 1s. 3d. sterling, or about thirty cents.
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A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two cents, or about one penny sterling; hence, figuratively, anything of little worth.
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A silver coin of Portugal, worth about sixpence sterling, or about eleven cents.
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An old French silver coin, originally of the value of about eighteen pence, subsequently reduced to ninepence, and later to sixpence, sterling. Hence, in modern English slang, a sixpence; -- often contracted to tizzy. Called also teston.
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A Roman coin or denomination of money, in value the fourth part of a denarius, and originally containing two asses and a half, afterward four asses, -- equal to about two pence sterling, or four cents.
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Same as Starling, 3.
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A shilling sterling, being about twenty-four cents.
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An East Indian coin of the value of 12/ pence sterling, or about 25 cents.
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A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling.
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An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value.
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An old French gold coin of the value of 3s. 4d. sterling, or about 80 cents.
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A certain standard of quality or value for money.
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Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
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Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense.
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