pound
/ˈpaʊ̯nd/ noun B1- A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
- A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
- Various non-English units of measure.
- The base unit of sterling, the currency used in the United Kingdom and some of its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence.
- Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan, and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus, Nigeria, Israel, and South Africa.
Plural pounds
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Led on by some rudimentary aspirations towards right, and encouraged by the judicious stimulation of an occasional ten-pound note sent to him by devious methods, he has once or twice given me advance information which has been of value—that highest value which anticipates and prevents rather than avenges crime.
“Even the trivial fact that in the year 1865 a picture by Greuze entitled ‘La Jeune Fille à l’Agneau’ fetched one million two hundred thousand francs—more than forty thousand pounds—at the Portalis sale may start a train of reflection in your mind.”
No purse, but loose money to the extent of seven pounds thirteen.
They were paying a pound a day each—fourteen pounds a week, and this is the slack season.
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