pfund
- noun
- Archaic
- The contract specified payment in British pfund for imported goods.
Examples
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The merchant recorded the price as five pfund in the old account book.
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In medieval Germany, taxes were often paid in pfund rather than coins.
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The price of the book is fifty pfund.
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He paid twenty pfunds for the ticket.
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In medieval Germany, taxes were often paid in pfund rather than coins.
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The merchant recorded the price as five pfund in the old account book.
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The price of the book is fifty pfund.
Synonyms
103
1.0
The money used in the United Kingdom and some other countries
34
8.6
A British name people use for one pound
5
1.2
Money used in the United Kingdom worth 100 pence
3
3.4
The main money unit used in the United Kingdom equal to 100 pence
1
6.4
Former money used in Ireland before the euro
1
2.7
A unit of money used in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland equal to 100 pence
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pfund comes from the same root as English pound and Latin pondus 'weight'. In the past money was often a set 'weight' of silver, so pfund came to mean a unit of currency.