| 释义 |
> as lemmassterling bloc(k) sterling area n. the group of countries (chiefly of the British Commonwealth, from 1947 officially known as scheduled territories: see scheduled territory n. at scheduled adj. Compounds) that from 1931 to 1972 pegged their exchange rates to sterling, or kept their reserves in sterling and not in gold or dollars, and transferred money freely amongst themselves; also sterling bloc(k), sterling group.< |