pound sign

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"£", ASCII character 163, 0xA3. A stylised capital "L" used to prefix amounts in British pounds sterling (GBP).

Americans call the hash character ("#") "pound" but that is an antiquated reference to pounds weight (lb).

Last updated: 2013-08-15

Nearby terms:

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