Some articles on pound, pounds:
Steven Pound - Media Involvement
... Stephen Pound agreed to sponsor in parliament whichever idea eventually won the final vote ... farmer Tony Martin was still very much in the news.) Stephen Pound’s on-air reaction to the result was that, "The people have spoken — the bastards" ... In May 2005, Pound appeared on British TV quiz show Have I Got News For You and in December of that year in a special edition of University Challenge ...
... Stephen Pound agreed to sponsor in parliament whichever idea eventually won the final vote ... farmer Tony Martin was still very much in the news.) Stephen Pound’s on-air reaction to the result was that, "The people have spoken — the bastards" ... In May 2005, Pound appeared on British TV quiz show Have I Got News For You and in December of that year in a special edition of University Challenge ...
Penny Sterling
... The penny sterling (plural pence, abbreviation p) is a subdivision of pound sterling, the currency for the United Kingdom ... It is currently 1⁄100 of a pound, but historically was 1⁄240 of a pound (old penny sterling) ... Stocks are often traded in pence rather than pounds and stock exchanges often use GBX to indicate that this is the case for the given stock rather than use the ISO 4217 ...
... The penny sterling (plural pence, abbreviation p) is a subdivision of pound sterling, the currency for the United Kingdom ... It is currently 1⁄100 of a pound, but historically was 1⁄240 of a pound (old penny sterling) ... Stocks are often traded in pence rather than pounds and stock exchanges often use GBX to indicate that this is the case for the given stock rather than use the ISO 4217 ...
List Of British Ordnance Terms - Pounder
... artillery pieces of this period continued to be categorised by their pound rating, the weight in pounds of the shell that they fired, rather than by their bore ... A gun firing, for example, a 32-pound round was described as a 32-pounder, abbreviated pdr ... A rough pound rating to bore conversion for that time is 1 pounder-37mm, 2 pounder-40mm, 3 pounder-47mm, 6 pounder-57mm, 17 pounder-76.2mm, 25 pounder-87.6mm, 60 pounder-127mm ...
... artillery pieces of this period continued to be categorised by their pound rating, the weight in pounds of the shell that they fired, rather than by their bore ... A gun firing, for example, a 32-pound round was described as a 32-pounder, abbreviated pdr ... A rough pound rating to bore conversion for that time is 1 pounder-37mm, 2 pounder-40mm, 3 pounder-47mm, 6 pounder-57mm, 17 pounder-76.2mm, 25 pounder-87.6mm, 60 pounder-127mm ...
Malawian Pound
... The pound was the currency of Malaŵi until 1971 ... Malaŵi (then Nyasaland) used the Southern Rhodesian pound ... a new currency was introduced, the Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound ...
... The pound was the currency of Malaŵi until 1971 ... Malaŵi (then Nyasaland) used the Southern Rhodesian pound ... a new currency was introduced, the Rhodesia and Nyasaland pound ...
Pound - People With The Surname
... Cuthbert Winfred Pound (1864–1935), American lawyer and politician from New York Dick Pound (born 1942), Canadian lawyer Dudley Pound (1877–1943), British naval officer Ezra Pound (1885 ... Pound (1833–1914), Wisconsin politician ...
... Cuthbert Winfred Pound (1864–1935), American lawyer and politician from New York Dick Pound (born 1942), Canadian lawyer Dudley Pound (1877–1943), British naval officer Ezra Pound (1885 ... Pound (1833–1914), Wisconsin politician ...
More definitions of "pound":
- (noun): The basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence.
Synonyms: British pound, pound sterling, quid
- (verb): Strike or drive against with a heavy impact.
Example: "Pound on the door"
Synonyms: ram, ram down
- (verb): Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits.
Synonyms: pound up
- (verb): Move heavily or clumsily.
Synonyms: lumber
- (noun): The basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters.
Synonyms: Syrian pound
- (noun): 16 ounces.
Synonyms: lb
- (verb): Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle.
Example: "Pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
- (noun): Formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence.
Synonyms: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt
- (noun): A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs.
Example: "Unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
Synonyms: dog pound
- (noun): The basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters.
Synonyms: Sudanese pound
- (verb): Place or shut up in a pound.
Example: "Pound the cows so they don't stray"
Synonyms: impound
- (noun): The basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters.
Synonyms: Lebanese pound
- (noun): The basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters.
Synonyms: Egyptian pound
- (noun): United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972).
Synonyms: Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound
- (verb): Partition off into compartments.
Example: "The locks pound the water of the canal"
Synonyms: pound off
- (noun): A nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec.
Synonyms: lbf.
- (noun): The basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents.
Synonyms: Cypriot pound
Famous quotes containing the word pound:
“Hell grant soon we hear again the swords clash!
And the shrill neighs of destriers in battle rejoicing,
Spiked breast to spiked breast opposing!”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“Oh we drunk his “Hale” in the good red wine
When we last made company,
No capon priest was the Goodly Fere
But a man o’ men was he.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“Haie! Haie!
These were the swift to harry;
These the keen-scented;
These were the souls of blood.
Slow on the leash,
pallid the leash-men!”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
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