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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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Examples for "pound"
Examples for "pound"
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.
1
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.
1
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.
5
In women, changes in LBM and TBW were not related to changes in physical functioning.
Usage of pounds in English
1
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.
6
Last week Britain announced a 54 million pounds aid package to Sudan.
7
Business owners say the floods caused thousands of pounds worth of damage.
8
Ineos has said the complex was losing 10 million pounds per month.
9
A week before the prices were 50 pounds per room, Mitchell said.
10
The company made a pretax loss of 102 million pounds last year.
11
Rexam also expects Brazilian energy costs to increase by 15 million pounds.
12
In an instant you forget; the sky is bright; the blood pounds.
13
British wholesale power prices currently trade at around 40 pounds per MWh.
14
Underlying profit was 199 million pounds in the same period last year.
15
Net profit was 25 million pounds in the same quarter last year.
16
However, the sums involved will run into hundreds of millions of pounds.
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common
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