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The pound sign £ is the currency symbol for the pound sterling, the currency of the United Kingdom. The same symbol is used for other currencies called pound, such as the Gibraltar, Egyptian, Manx and Syrian pounds.
The currency sign for the pound unit of sterling is £, which (depending on typeface) may be drawn with one or two bars: the Bank of England has exclusively used the single bar variant since 1975.
pound sign noun [C] (NUMBER) US (also mainly UK hash) the symbol #: A pound sign (#) represents a single character. Hashtags are created by adding the pound sign at the start of a keyword. Synonyms. number sign. octothorpe. pound.
