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sterling

1. ster.ling \'st*r-lin\ n [ME] 1: British money  2: sterling silver or 
   articles of it 
2. sterling \-lin-le-\ aj 1a: of, relating to, or calculated in terms of 
   British sterling  1b: payable in sterling  of silver  2a: having a fixed 
   standard of purity usu. defined legally as represented  by an alloy of 925 
   parts of silver with 75 parts of copper 2b: made of sterling silver  3: 
   conforming to the highest standard  - ster.ling.ly av