pounds
plural of “pound” — 16 ounces avoirdupois
An inflected form of pound · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,395 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,194 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- 16 ounces avoirdupois also: lb he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds
- the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence also: British pound, British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters also: Syrian pound
- the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters also: Sudanese pound
- the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters also: Lebanese pound
pounds in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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There were fives and tens enough to count up 45 pounds.
Under Two Flags · Ouida · Chapter 1
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I took one and got ready for them with my last few pounds.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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If I 'ad another six pounds or so I should feel much safer.
Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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The interest of 6,000 pounds invested in the Bank of England was flocci nauci to the voluptuous spendthrift, Gabriel Varney.
Lucretia — Volume 06 · Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · Chapter 1
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In despair, at last, Nicholas said 'twas Cobley's for seven hundred pounds, well knowing the price ran about three hundred too high.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1