pound
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- noun
- /paʊnd/
- UK
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libra esterlina
- A hundred pounds was stolen from her wallet during the trip.
- pound sterling
- British pound
- pounds to dollars
People don't realise that a pound note is an IOU.
- People don't realise that a pound note is an IOU.
- Make sure you have a pound aside for a trolley.
- He paid billions of pounds in tax.
- Overall for a pound this palette is pretty decent.
- Let's sell the pound because we've lost faith in it.
- Oh OK, guess how much UN pound is today?
Examples
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But you can buy them for about a pound on Amazon.
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Well, if you must know, it's just under five pounds.
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Tell me, is a hundred thousand pounds a great deal of money?
Fiction book (1991) -
We cannot say how many pounds a dollar is worth.
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There is a quarter of a million pounds floating on the river.
Fiction book (1990) -
We've bought golf clubs for a pound, the whole set.
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And these lenses, they're about a pound each, but they give you that Cook look.
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It's going to cost you a hundred pounds, or I'm blabbing to Daddy!
Fiction book (1994) -
Australian colonial authorities imposed a head tax of one pound per adult man in 1919.
Academic text (1991) -
People don't realise that a pound note is an IOU.
Synonyms
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Money used in Britain, especially the pound
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A British name people use for one pound
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Money used in the United Kingdom worth 100 pence
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The main money unit used in the United Kingdom equal to 100 pence
A unit of money used in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland equal to 100 pence
Idioms
- Informal
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When you start something risky or difficult, you continue and do it fully
Stopping a problem early is better than fixing it later
Compounds
- Informal
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A very powerful person or company that others cannot easily challenge
A unit of money used in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland equal to 100 pence
- Archaic
An old unit of weight used for medicines equal to 12 ounces, about 373 grams
- Specialized
A large net that guides fish into an enclosed area where they cannot escape
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Etymology
The word pound for money comes from the idea of a pound of silver and from Latin pondus meaning 'weight', so a 'pound' of money once meant a weight of silver.