Usually means: British currency, high-quality silver.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word sterling:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. sterling: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sterling: Merriam-Webster
  3. sterling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sterling: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sterling: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sterling: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sterling, sterling: Wordnik
  8. sterling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Sterling, sterling: Wiktionary
  10. sterling: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sterling: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sterling: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sterling: Dictionary.com
  14. sterling: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. sterling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Sterling (car), Sterling (cigarette), Sterling (disambiguation), Sterling (given name), Sterling (horse), Sterling (marque), Sterling (program), Sterling (surname), Sterling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Sterling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. sterling: Rhymezone
  19. sterling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. sterling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. sterling: FreeDictionary.org
  22. sterling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. sterling: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. sterling: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sterling: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. sterling: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  2. Sterling: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics
  3. sterling: Finance-Glossary.com
  4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  5. Sterling (disambiguation), sterling: Legal dictionary
  6. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sterling (cat), Sterling (disambiguation), sterling: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Sterling (cat): Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sterling: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. sterling, sterling (stoilz): Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See sterlingly as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
noun:  Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.
noun:  Sterling silver, or articles made from this material.
noun:  A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge; a starling.
adjective:  (not comparable) Of, or relating to British currency, or the former British coinage.
adjective:  (not comparable) Of, relating to, or made from sterling silver.
adjective:  Of acknowledged worth or influence; high quality; authoritative.
adjective:  Genuine; true; pure; of great value or excellence.
noun:  A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling.
noun:  An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling.
noun:  A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Logan County, Colorado.
noun:  A town in Windham County, Connecticut.
noun:  A census-designated place in Glynn County, Georgia.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Bingham County, Idaho.
noun:  A city in Whiteside County, Illinois.
noun:  A ghost town in Jackson County, Iowa.
noun:  A city in Rice County, Kansas, named after Sterling Rosan.
noun:  A town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
noun:  A village in Deep River Township, Arenac County, Michigan.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Madison County, Montana.
noun:  A village in Johnson County, Nebraska.
noun:  A town in Cayuga County, New York.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Burleigh County, North Dakota.
noun:  A census-designated place in Milton Township, Wayne County, Ohio.
noun:  A town in Comanche County, Oklahoma.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Woodward Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
noun:  A town in Sanpete County, Utah.
noun:  A census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Skagit County, Washington.
noun:  A town in Polk County, Wisconsin.
noun:  A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
noun:  A number of townships, listed under Sterling Township.

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