Pound or Pounds may refer to:
Units
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Pound (currency)
Pound is the name for a unit of currency. It is used in some countries today and previously was used in many others. The English word ''pound'' derives from the Latin expression , in which lībra is a noun meaning "pound" and ''pondō'' is an adv ...
, various units of currency
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Pound sterling, the official currency of the United Kingdom
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Pound (mass), a unit of mass
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Pound (force), a unit of force
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Symbols
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Pound sign
The pound sign is the symbol for the pound unit of sterling – the currency of the United Kingdom and previously of Great Britain and of the Kingdom of England. The same symbol is used for other currencies called pound, such as the Gibraltar ...
, the symbol for the pound sterling, £
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Number sign
The symbol is known variously in English-speaking regions as the number sign, hash, or pound sign. The symbol has historically been used for a wide range of purposes including the designation of an ordinal number and as a Typographic ligature, ...
(also pound sign), the symbol #
Places in the United States
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Pound, Virginia
Pound is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The population was recorded as 1,037 in the 2010 United States Census.
History
The Pound area was explored in 1751 by Christopher Gist, and it is traditionally said to be the oldest set ...
, a town
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Pound, Wisconsin, a village
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Pound (town), Wisconsin, a town
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Pound Ridge, New York, a town
Entertainment
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Pound (band), an American rock band
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''Pound'' (film), a 1970 film directed and written by Robert Downey, Sr.
Other uses
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Pound (surname), a list of people
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Animal shelter
An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals – mostly dogs and cats – are housed. The word "pound" has its origins in the animal pounds of agricultural communities, where stray livestock would ...
(also a "pound"), a facility that houses homeless, lost, or abandoned animals
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Animal pound, a similar structure
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Canal pound
A canal pound (from impound), reach, or level (American usage), is the stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks. Canal pounds can vary in length from the non-existent, where two or more immediately adjacent locks form a lock stairc ...
, the stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks
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Fist bump
A fist bump (also known as a bro fist or power five) is a gesture similar in meaning to a handshake or high five. A fist bump can also be a symbol of giving respect or approval, as well as companionship between two people. It can be followed ...
(also a "pound" or a "fist pound"), a gesture similar in meaning to a handshake or high five
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Buffalo pound
The buffalo pound was a hunting device constructed by native peoples of the North American plains for the purpose of entrapping and slaughtering American bison, also known as buffalo. It consisted of a circular corral at the terminus of a flared ...
, a hunting structure used by indigenous North Americans to trap bison (buffalo)
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Pound (networking), a lightweight open source reverse proxy program and application firewall
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''Pound'' (magazine), a Toronto-based hip hop magazine
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Pounds, shillings and pence or £sd, British and other European pre-decimal currency
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Vehicle impoundment
Vehicle impoundment is the legal process of placing a vehicle into an impoundment lot or tow yard, which is a holding place for cars until they are placed back in the control of the owner, recycled for their metal, stripped of their parts at a wrec ...
See also
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