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The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in both the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.Various definitions have been used; the most common today is the international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.453 592 37 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. [1]
154 lb (70 kg) 154 lb (70 kg) Style: Southpaw: ... the bout 117–111 and the Associated Press 116–112 ... of the other top pound for pound fighters "Tito's No. 1 ...
Of the major style guides, the APA and the MLA say nothing, and the Chicago Manual of Style discusses it briefly but only mentions one example: "In Canada the current quotation was $2.69 (U.S. $2.47) a pound." The MHRA Style Guide recommends using an appropriate abbreviation before the symbol (C$/Can$, A$/Aus$, NZ$).
From the time of Offa King of Mercia (8th century) until 1526 the Saxon pound, also known as the moneyers' pound (and later known as the Tower pound) was the fundamental unit of weight (by Offa's law, one pound of silver, by weight, was subdivided into 240 silver pennies, hence (in money) 240 pence – twenty shillings – was known as one pound).
The frozen Good & Gather turkey included in the meal deal is only 79 cents per pound whether you buy the other items or not. That's a 20% reduction in price from last season, according to Target.
A centesimal subdivision of the Lebanese and Syrian pounds ₱ peso Philippine peso: Also ₱ and P U+20B1 ₱ PESO SIGN: PT: piastre Egyptian and Sudanese piastres Fraction A centesimal subdivision of the Egyptian and Sudanese pounds .ج.م LE: pound Egyptian pound: Also abbreviated £E in Latin script .ل.ل LL: pound Lebanese pound: Also ...
An 836-pound “cursed” emerald worth nearly $1 billion will be returned to Brazil after 15 years under lock and key in Los Angeles. The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald was smuggled out of the South ...
American AN-M64 500-lb general-purpose bomb in Boeing B-29 Superfortress weapons bay. General-purpose (GP) bombs use a thick-walled metal casing with explosive filler (typically TNT, Composition B, or Tritonal in NATO or United States service) comprising about 30% to 40% of the bomb's total weight.