![]() ![]() ![]() The council is planning to spend ten million pounds more than government guidelines next year.The Government gets its pound of flesh, doesn't it.Just 200 extra calories each day add up to one-half pound of extra body fat each week.Customers can ask for a pound of bananas, but traders are obliged to weigh them in metric units.Navel oranges are only 39 cents a pound.I've gained 10 pounds since Thanksgiving.c) PEC the standard unit of money in various other countries, such as Egypt and the Sudan 3 for dogs and cats TTC HBP a place where dogs and cats that have been found on the street are kept until their owners come to get them 4 for cars TTC HBP a place where cars that have been illegally parked are kept until their owners pay money to get them back 5 → get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh 6 telephone American English the pound key Examples from the Corpus pound a multi-million pound business a five pound note b) the (British) pound PEC the value of British money compared with the value of the money of other countries The pound was up against the dollar. 2 money ( also pound sterling ) a) PEC £ the standard unit of money in Britain, which is divided into 100 pence They spent over a thousand pounds. S1 W2 noun 1 weight ( written abbreviation lb ) TM a unit for measuring weight, equal to 16 ounce s or 0.454 kilograms pound of a pound of apples Moira weighs about 130 pounds.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Measurement, Motor vehicles pound pound 1 / paʊnd / ![]()
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