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pound
pound
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- munteenheid
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
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pound
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- 500 gram
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
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pound
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- 16 ounces avoirdupois
"he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
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pound
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- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
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pound
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- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
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pound
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- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
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pound
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- United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
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- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
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- the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents
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- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
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pound
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- the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
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to pound
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- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
"pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
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Voorbeeldzinnen
- Penny wise, pound foolish.
- A pound was five dollars.
- Penny-wise and pound-foolish.
- Tomatoes are sold by the pound.
- A pound is a unit of weight.
- It is sold by the pound.
- One pound troy weighs 12 oz.
- Flour is sold by the pound.
- The parcel weighs more than one pound.
- Do you have a five-pound note?
- I pound you at thumb wars anytime.
- Butter is sold by the pound.
- Fish is sold by the pound here.
- This beef is four dollars per pound.
- We sell sugar by the pound.