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• pound — subst. (Rar) Livră (1). [pr.: páund] – cuv. engl. Trimis de baron, 26.01.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  POUND s.m. Măsură anglo saxonă de masă, egală cu 453,59 g. [pron. paund. / < engl. pound] …   Dicționar Român

• Pound — (spr. Paund), 1) das englische Pfund: a) P. Avoir dupois (Handelsgewicht), 1 P. = 0,453 Kilogramm = 0,906 Deutsches Zollpfund (27,18 Zollloth); es zerfällt in 16 Ounces à 16 Drams; b) Troy P. od. Imperial Standard Troy P. (die Basis für das Gold …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• Pound — (engl., spr. paund), Einheit des engl. Gewichts in zwei Formen: dem P. Avoirdupois und für seine Wägungen dem P. Troy (s. Pfund: Tabelle, S. 753); ferner als P. Sterling (s. Pfund Sterling) die Einheit des englischen Münzwesens. Dem Kleinhandel… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• Pound — (engl., spr. paund), Pfund, s. Avoirdupois und Troygewicht; P. Sterling, s. Pfund Sterling …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

• Pound — (izg. pàund), Ezra (1885 1972) DEFINICIJA američki pjesnik, esejist, kritičar, prevoditelj, glavni teoretičar imaginističkog pokreta; punih 50 godina nizao pjesme pod zajedničkim nazivom Cantos (1917 1969), kojima je u znatnoj mjeri oblikovao… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

• pound — pound1 [ paund ] noun count *** 1. ) a unit for measuring weight, used in several countries including the U.S. and the U.K., containing 16 OUNCES and equal to 0.454 kilograms. Its written abbreviation is lb.: The baby weighed over 10 pounds. half …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pound — pound1 W2S1 [paund] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(weight)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(for dogs and cats)¦ 4¦(for cars)¦ 5 get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh 6¦(telephone)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 2, 5 6; Origin: Old English pund, from Latin pondo] [ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pound — 1 /paUnd/ noun 1 WEIGHT written abbreviation lb (C) a unit for measuring weight, equal to 16 ounces or about 0.454 kilograms: a pound of apples | Moira weighs about 130 pounds. | The grapes cost $2 a pound. 2 MONEY (C) a) written abbreviation the …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pounder — pound|er [ˈpaundə US ər] n a 3 pounder/24 pounder/185 pounder etc a) an animal, fish, or person that weighs 3 pounds, 24 pounds etc b) a gun that fires a ↑shell that weighs 3 pounds, 24 pounds etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• compound — com|pound1 [ kam,paund ] noun ** 1. ) count SCIENCE a chemical substance that consists of two or more elements: Name the parts of this chemical compound. Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen. a ) count or uncount something that consists of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Lira — is the name of the monetary unit of a number of countries, as well as the former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino and the Vatican City.The term originates from the value of a Troy pound (Latin libra ) of high purity silver, and as such is a… …   Wikipedia