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pound
Definition:
(nou) 16 ounces avoirdupois (nou) the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence (nou) a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy (nou) the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters (nou) the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters (nou) the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters (nou) formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence (nou) the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters (nou) the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents (nou) a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec (nou) United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) (nou) a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) (nou) a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs (nou) the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
Phonetic Transcription:
paʊnd
Examples:
The pound is primarily a unit of mass, and only secondarily a unit of force.
The pound was the unit of account for currency of the Canada until 1858.
Instead, the island uses the United Kingdom issue of the pound sterling.
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