British-dollar
any of several coins formerly issued by the British Empire for use in certain territories, as the Straits dollar or the Hong Kong dollar.
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a former collective term for the territories under the leadership or control of the British crown, including those in the Commonwealth of Nations and their colonies, protectorates, dependencies, and trusteeships. noun (formerly) the United Kingdom and the territories under its control, which reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I when it […]
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