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sterling area

an association of countries that peg the value of their currencies to that of the British pound sterling, as esp. between 1931 and 1972
also sterling bloc

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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