This sign is simply a capital letter L, written in old-fashioned roundhand, with one or two crossbars to show that it is being used as a symbol or abbreviation. The L stands for the Latin word libra, the name of a Roman unit of weight, which also gave rise to the abbreviation lb for a pound as a measure of weight, and to the French word livre.
What you are talking about is most likely the GBP.
The British currency is the pound sterling. The sign for the pound is £
That sign is the currency in Britain. They have not switched to euro like most of europe has and it is called a pound. whatever number is after that sign equals how many pounds something costs. 1 pound = around $1.95 USD
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English pound - their unit of currency (money). Like the dollar in the US, or the yen in Japan.
This sign is simply a capital letter L, written in old-fashioned roundhand, with one or two crossbars to show that it is being used as a symbol or abbreviation. The L stands for the Latin word libra, the name of a Roman unit of weight, which also gave rise to the abbreviation lb for a pound as a measure of weight, and to the French word livre.
What you are talking about is most likely the GBP.
The British currency is the pound sterling. The sign for the pound is £
GBP = Great British Pound (£)
That sign is the currency in Britain. They have not switched to euro like most of europe has and it is called a pound. whatever number is after that sign equals how many pounds something costs. 1 pound = around $1.95 USD
pound sterling, the British Currency, Like Dollars
That is the symbol for British money, the pound.
It's England's symbol of currency. its called the 'pound'
£ means 'Libra'.
It's Latin and it stands for the British 'pound' (currency).
£ is the symbol for pounds in monetary terms.
lamda - term used in statistics