brown pound

noun

the perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group

Meanings

noun
  1. UKthe perceived purchasing power of Britain’s Black and Asian minorities as a group

    MUCH has been said about the value of the pink pound, the grey pound and the brown pound'.

    27 September 2004, Sunday Times
    1 more example

    It's only a matter of time before marketers collide in the scrabble for the pink grey brown pound.

    2004, Sunday Times
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APA

brown pound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20pound

MLA

“brown pound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20pound. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brown pound,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20pound.

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