scheduled territories
- noun
- Archaic
:
territorios programados
- After World War II, several nations were classified as scheduled territories by the British government.
Examples
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Laws regarding currency exchange often referenced the list of scheduled territories.
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The regulations affected trade between the United Kingdom and the scheduled territories.
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The scheduled territories included many countries in Africa.
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Many historians study the scheduled territories of the British Empire.
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After World War II, several nations were classified as scheduled territories due to their currency ties to the British pound.
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Laws regarding currency exchange often referenced the list of scheduled territories that had financial agreements with Britain.
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The regulations affected trade between the United Kingdom and the scheduled territories that used the pound sterling.
Synonyms
A group of countries whose money was tied to the British pound after World War II
A group of countries whose money was tied to the British pound in the past
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a specialized historical/administrative term: 'scheduled territories' refers to territories whose currencies were tied to the British pound, not to territories that are simply "scheduled." A B1 learner who knows 'scheduled' (set to happen) and 'territory' (land) would likely read it literally and would not infer the specific financial/colonial meaning without prior exposure, so the expression is opaque.
Etymology
Scheduled territories comes from the word scheduled, meaning on an official 'list', and territories, meaning places or countries. If a country was on that 'list', its money was officially 'tied to the British pound', so the phrase came to mean those countries whose currency followed the pound.
