2007-12-04 13:00:52 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
£
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.
2007-12-04 13:05:52 · answer #1 · answered by gospieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pound. British currency.
2007-12-04 21:02:57 · answer #2 · answered by confucius 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is the sign for the British pound (NOT the Euro), and it looks like an "L" because the Latin for pound, "librum", starts with an L.
Later edit: "librum" (singular) meant "pound" in Latin. "Libra" (plural) meant "scales" -- thus the astrological sign "Libra".
2007-12-04 21:07:44 · answer #3 · answered by mountain lady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the Brittish equivalent of $. It is the symbol for the Brittish Pound Sterling, their form of currency Across-The-Pond.
2007-12-04 21:25:07 · answer #4 · answered by quatrapiller 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the British currency, the Pound.
2007-12-04 21:05:01 · answer #5 · answered by GisL4all 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Euros
2007-12-04 21:03:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
that is the UK sign for money (british pounds)
2007-12-04 21:04:03 · answer #7 · answered by italianwisconsinite:) 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pounds or Euroes
2007-12-04 21:08:43 · answer #8 · answered by Renaldo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pound...british money. It is basically 2X a dollar.
2007-12-04 21:03:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is money in england instead of $ it is weird little thing !
2007-12-04 21:04:23 · answer #10 · answered by tigerbomb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋