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ster⋅ling
[stur-ling] 
lɪŋ
–adjective
| 1. | of, pertaining to, or noting British money: The sterling equivalent is #5.50. |
| 2. | (of silver) having the standard fineness of 0.925. |
| 3. | made of silver of this fineness: a sterling teapot. |
| 4. | thoroughly excellent: a man of sterling worth. |
–noun
| 5. | British currency. |
| 6. | the standard of fineness for gold and silver coin in the United Kingdom, 0.91666 for gold and 0.500 for silver. |
| 7. | Also called sterling silver. silver having a fineness of 0.925, now used esp. in the manufacture of table utensils, jewelry, etc. |
| 8. | manufactured articles of sterling silver. |
| 9. | sterling flatware. |
Ster⋅ling
[stur-ling] –noun
| 1. | a city in NW Illinois. 16,273. |
| 2. | a city in NE Colorado. 11,385. |
| 3. | a male given name. |
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| ster·ling (stûr'lĭng) n.
[Middle English, silver penny : possibly sterre, star; see star + -ling, diminutive suff. (from the small star stamped on the coin); see -ling1.] |
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Sterling
Ster"ling\, n. (Engin.) Same as Starling, 3.Sterling
Ster"ling\, n. [OE. sterlynge, starling, for easterling, LL. esterlingus, probably from Easterling, once the popular name of German trades in England, whose money was of the purest quality: cf. MHG. sterlink a certain coin. Cf. East. "Certain merchants of Norwaie, Denmarke, and of others those parties, called Ostomanni, or (as in our vulgar language we tearme them), easterlings, because they lie east in respect of us." --Holinshed. "In the time of . . . King Richard the First, monie coined in the east parts of Germanie began to be of especiall request in England for the puritie thereof, and was called Easterling monie, as all inhabitants of those parts were called Easterlings, and shortly after some of that countrie, skillful in mint matters and allaies, were sent for into this realme to bring the coine to perfection; which since that time was called of them sterling, for Easterling." --Camden. "Four thousand pound of sterlings." --R. of Gloucester.]1. Any English coin of standard value; coined money. So that ye offer nobles or sterlings. --Chaucer. And Roman wealth in English sterling view. --Arbuthnot. 2. A certain standard of quality or value for money. Sterling was the known and approved standard in England, in all probability, from the beginning of King Henry the Second's reign. --S. M. Leake.Sterling
Ster"ling\, a. 1. Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used. "With sterling money." --Shak. 2. Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense.
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Language Translation for : Sterling
Italian:
sterlina,
German:
der Sterling,
Japanese:
英貨
sterling
1297, "silver penny," probably from M.E. sterre (see star), from the stars that appeared in the design of certain Norman coins, + dim. suffix -ling. The other theory is that it derives from O.Fr. estedre "stater" (see stater). Sense broadened by 1565 to "money having the quality of the sterling," and in 1601 to "English money in general." A pound sterling was originally "a pound weight of sterlings," equal to about 240 of them.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Sterling
city, seat (1887) of Logan county, northeastern Colorado, U.S. It lies along the South Platte River at an elevation of 3,950 feet (1,204 metres). Laid out after the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1881, it was named after a town in Illinois. Now an important railroad division point, it is a marketing and shipping centre for an irrigated area supporting cattle, sugar beets, grain (wheat and corn [maize]), and dairy products. In 1950 oil was discovered in the surrounding Denver-Julesburg Basin, and Sterling became the headquarters for much of the related oil and natural-gas activities. The city's other industries include sugar refining, meat processing, and the manufacture of steel tanks, cinder blocks, and concrete. Sterling is the seat of Northeastern Junior College (1941). The Pawnee National Grassland is northeast. Inc. 1884. Pop. (1990) 10,362; (2000) 11,360
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