单词 | sterling area |
释义 | Word Frequency sterling areanoun (formerly) a group of mainly Commonwealth countries that used sterling as a medium of international payments and sometimes informally as a currency against which to peg their own currencies. For these purposes they deposited sterling balances and held gold and dollar reserves in the Bank of England Also called: sterling bloc, scheduled territories |
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