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Meanings of pounds in English
Unit of mass in imperial, US customary, and avoirdupois systems of units.
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Usage of pounds in English
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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.
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Last week Britain announced a 54 million pounds aid package to Sudan.
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Business owners say the floods caused thousands of pounds worth of damage.
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Ineos has said the complex was losing 10 million pounds per month.
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A week before the prices were 50 pounds per room, Mitchell said.
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The company made a pretax loss of 102 million pounds last year.
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Rexam also expects Brazilian energy costs to increase by 15 million pounds.
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In an instant you forget; the sky is bright; the blood pounds.
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British wholesale power prices currently trade at around 40 pounds per MWh.
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Underlying profit was 199 million pounds in the same period last year.
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Net profit was 25 million pounds in the same quarter last year.
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However, the sums involved will run into hundreds of millions of pounds.
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
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