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Meanings of avoirdupois pound in English
Unit of mass in imperial, US customary, and avoirdupois systems of units.
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Examples for "pounds"
Examples for "pounds"
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The change will cost his young family tens of thousands of pounds.
2
Beginning at sea level, air weighs about 15 pounds per square inch.
3
Reports said their two-year deal was worth up to 30 million pounds.
4
We're 100 million pounds ahead of our original plan, said Mr King.
5
Last year, national parks were given millions of pounds to promote cycling.
1
Semihard; blue; goat; mellow; small; square; a quarter to a half pound.
2
The portfolio generated a 17 million pound loss last year, Lloyds said.
3
The second problem is the likely boost to an already appreciating pound.
4
BNY avoided a 180 million pound fine by settling the case early.
5
In Europe, Britain's fourth-quarter growth data looms large for the embattled pound.
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The quantity of provisions I found in the boat was 150 lb.
2
The heaviest fruit within the ken of the writer weighed 8 lb.
3
In the U.S. retail market, sugar fetches about 20 cents a lb.
4
Each degree of hardness indicates the destruction and waste of 12 lb.
5
The weight of the usual projectile for this mortar is 850 lb.
1
Of course, there's much more that goes into it: humping 50 lbs.
2
The produce per acre of the first cutting is about 60 lbs.
3
The puppies should increase in weight at the rate of 3 lbs.
4
Dr. Carey in the chair with the gold medal for 80 lbs.
5
The Professor remarks that the proportion of oil is, in 100 lbs.
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The proportion of weight lost as LBM was no greater than predicted.
2
An extrapolation to the LBM compartment of the whole body was employed.
3
Further, total physical activity level had a significant positive association with handgrip and LBM.
4
The relationships of changes in LBM and TBW to changes in physical functioning were linear.
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In women, changes in LBM and TBW were not related to changes in physical functioning.