sterling bloc


noun

those countries having currencies whose values tend to vary directly with the rise and fall of the value of the pound sterling.
Also called sterling area.

British Dictionary definitions for sterling area

sterling area

noun

a group of countries that use sterling as a medium of international payments and sometimes informally as a currency against which to peg their own currencies. For these purposes they deposit sterling balances and hold gold and dollar reserves in the Bank of England Also called: sterling bloc, scheduled territories