Sterling Definition

stûrlĭng
noun
An early English silver penny: a pound weight of these pennies was later standardized as a money of account.
Webster's New World
English money having the fineness of quality of the standard silver penny.
Webster's New World
The standard of fineness of legal British coinage: for silver, 0.500; for gold, 0.91666
Webster's New World
Sterling silver.
American Heritage
British money.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Of standard quality; specif., designating a silver alloy that is at least 92.5 percent pure silver.
Webster's New World
Of or payable in British money.
Webster's New World
Made of sterling silver.
Webster's New World
Of genuinely high quality; excellent.
Sterling principles.
Webster's New World
pronoun

A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling.

Wiktionary

An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling.

Wiktionary
A male given name transferred from the surnames.
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Other Word Forms of Sterling

Noun

Singular:
sterling
Plural:
sterlings

Origin of Sterling

  • Middle English silver penny possibly sterre star star -ling diminutive suff. (from the small star stamped on the coin) –ling1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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