Sterling vs Stealing - What's the difference?
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The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=1 Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.
* S. M. Leake
Sterling silver, or articles made from this material.
A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.
of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.
of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.
Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative.
* {{quote-news
, year=2014
, date=December 13
, author=Mandeep Sanghera
, title=Burnley 1-0 Southampton
, work=BBC Sport
Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence.
(uncountable) The action of the verb to steal .
(archaic, chiefly, in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.
As a proper noun sterling
is a scottish surname, variant of stirling.As a noun stealing is
(uncountable) the action of the verb to steal .As a verb stealing is
.sterling
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(wikipedia sterling)Noun
citation, passage=“… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted. […]”}}
- Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign.
Adjective
(-)citation, page= , passage=Southampton had been hoping to get back to winning ways to prove to their critics there was substance to their sterling start to the season.}}
