Sterlingname/ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/

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  A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling.

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

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  A unisex given name transferred from the surname.

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  A number of places in the United States:

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  A number of places in the United States:

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  A number of places in the United States:

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  A number of places in the United States:

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  A number of places in the United States:

sterlingnoun詞源 1/ˈstɜːlɪŋ/

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  An English silver penny first introduced by the Normans.

  • Nummus […] is taken for braſſe pens, or els pieces of ſiluer of the valu of a dandiprat or i. d. ob. a pece or there about, ſo that yͤ thouſand peces wer moche about the ſomme of twentie nobles sterlynges [i.e., nobles of sterlings].
  • "I do not fear your curses," said Philippe [Philip II of France]. "You have no right to pronounce them on the realm of France. Your words smell of English sterlings."
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  A penny issued in other countries, such as Scotland.

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  The currency of the United Kingdom, also called the pound sterling

  • Ophe[lia]. He hath my Lord of late made many tenders / Of his affection to me. / […] / Pol[onius]. Marry I vvill teach you, thinke your ſelfe a babie / That you haue tane [taken] theſe tenders for true pay / VVhich are not ſterling, tender your ſelfe more dearely […]
  • [D]rop the ten ſhillings into this Baſon; […] So, iſt right Iacke? iſt ſterling?
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  historicalFormer British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness (0.91666 for gold and 0.925 for silver).

  • […] Sterling vvas the knovvn and approved Standard in England, in all Probability, from the Beginning of King Henry the Second's Reign. But King John vvas undoubtedly the firſt vvho introduced Sterling Money in Ireland.
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  obsoleteSynonym of pennyweight (“a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, or ¹⁄₂₀ of a troy ounce”)

  • [E]ight of them [carats] make but one Sterlin, and a Sterlin is the 24 part of an ounce.
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  obsoleteMoney generally.

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  obsoleteThe standard degree of fineness.

  • [T]he Lavv hath not left it in the Povver of the Prerogative to compel the Subject to take any Money, beſide Gold and Silver of the Right Sterling and Standard.

sterlingadj詞源 1/ˈstɜːlɪŋ/

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  Of or relating to the currency of the United Kingdom, or former types of English or British coinage.

  • […] King William [the Lion] vvas to pay 100000. l. [pound] Striueling for his ranſome, the one half in preſent coin, the other 50000 l. vpon time.
  • The Salaries of all the great Officers of this State, are very ſmall: I have already mentioned that of a Burgomaſter's of Amſterdam to be about fifty pounds ſterling a year: […]
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  Of silver: being of standard quality.

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  Of a thing: of or relating to, or made from, sterling silver.

  • The ſterling mark upon plate, and the ſtamps upon linen and vvoollen cloth, give the purchaſer much greater ſecurity than any ſtatute of apprenticeſhip.
  • [W]hat is baſe / No poliſh can make ſterling, […]
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  archaicOf English (or (obsolete) Scottish) currency: genuine, of legal tender.

  • Pray thee peace, pay her the debt you ovve her, and vnpay the villany you haue done vvith her, the one you may doe vvith ſterling mony, and the other vvith currant repentance.
  • [I]s this base annunciation a mere swindle on the incautious, to beguile them of their time, their patience, and three shillings of sterling money of this realm?
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  Of acknowledged influence; authoritative; also, of high or excellent quality; of proven worth.

  • […] I knovv your Opinion is current and ſterling: […]
  • This love, ſuppoſing it ſterling, I (ſtultus ego [I am foolish]!) return'd in kind: But I do not repent it.
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  obsoleteHaving currency (“general acceptance, recognition, or use”).

  • This waie of exerciſe was […] made ſterling agayne by M. Quintilian: […]
  • And if my vvord be Sterling yet in England, / Let it command a Mirror hither ſtraight, / That it may ſhevv me vvhat a Face I haue, / Since it is Bankrupt of his Maieſtie.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• sterling silver
• starling