| 单词 | pound etc sterlings | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaspound etc. (of) sterlings  1.  In  pound etc. sterling, altered from the older  pound etc. (of) sterlings (see  A. 1a,   A. 1c), and originally used in the same sense. Hence, in later use, appended to the statement of a sum of money, to indicate that English money is meant. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > 			[adjective]		 > English pound etc. sterling1444 α. β. a1578    R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. 		(1899)	 I. 236  				Ane hundreith thowsand pound stiruiling.1589    Exch. Rolls Scot. XXII. 17  				Fra the scheref of Selkirk, 6d. strivling..fra the scheref of Drumfreis, 3s. money, 1d. striviling.1596    J. Dalrymple tr.  J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. 		(1888)	 I. 333  				He was redeimet with a ransoune of ane hunder libs stirling.1596    J. Dalrymple tr.  J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. 		(1895)	 II. 355  				[He] suld pay xx shilling Stirueleng for his offence.1611    J. Speed Hist. Great Brit.  ix. xii. 582/2  				His [sc. David II's] ransome was one hundreth thousand Markes striueling.1613–18    S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. in  Wks. 		(Grosart)	 V. 261  				The ransome of a hundreth thousand Markes stirulin. 1444    Rolls of Parl. V. 115/1  				That the Seneschall..and other Officers..forfete M. marks sterlyng. 1523    Act 14 & 15 Hen. VIII c. 12 §1  				They shall stryke..as many halfe grotes..as shall amount to the somme of .xx. li. sterlyng. 1535    G. Joye Apol. Tindale 22  				iiij pense halpeny starling. 1665    J. Lamont Diary 		(1830)	 176  				He was dew..of excyse,..ane thowsande lib. sterl. 1673    W. Temple Observ. United Provinces ii. 86  				Above Sixteen hundred thousand pounds Sterling a year. 1689    in  Acts Parl. Scotl. 		(1875)	 XII. 60/1  				Þat they retaine 25 lib. starling of the excyse. 1713    J. Watson in  tr.  J. de La Caille Hist. Art of Printing Pref. 16  				For which he was to have a Salary of 100 lib. Sterl. per Annum. 1717    in  Minutes of Evid. Nairne Peerage 		(1873)	 31 in  Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. A) XII. 65  				Bet[ween] seven and eight hundred pound sterline yearly. 1724    J. Swift Let. to Mr. Harding 12  				England gets a Million Sterl. by this Nation. 1727    A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxi. 249  				A Xerapheen is worth about sixteen Pence half Peny Ster. 1803    Gazetteer Scotl. Introd. p. xxii  				The shilling Scots is the 12th part of a shilling sterling, or one penny sterling; the pound Scots..is equal to one shilling and eightpence sterling. 1838    A. De Morgan Ess. Probabilities 18  				Concerns which now employ many millions sterling. 1849    C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. II. 167  				The value of the whole..amounting to 350,000 dollars, or 73,500l. sterling. 1856    R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 225  				The religion of England..believes in a Providence which does not treat with levity a pound sterling. < as lemmas | 
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