Pound or Pounds may refer to:
Units
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Pound (currency)
Pound is a name of various units of currency. It is used in some countries today and previously was used in many others. The English word "pound" derives from the Latin language, Latin expression , "a pound by weight", in which means 'scale' or ' ...
, various units of currency
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Pound sterling
Sterling (symbol: £; currency code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound is the main unit of sterling, and the word '' pound'' is also used to refer to the British currency general ...
, the official currency of the United Kingdom
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Pound (mass)
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 leg ...
, a unit of mass
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Pound (force)
The pound of force or pound-force (symbol: lbf, sometimes lbf,) is a Units of measurement, unit of force used in some System of measurement, systems of measurement, including English Engineering units and the foot–pound–second system.
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, a unit of force
* Rail pound, in
rail profile
The rail profile is the cross-sectional shape of a Railway track#Rail, rail as installed on a railway or railroad, perpendicular to its length.
Early rails were made of wood, cast iron or wrought iron. All modern rails are hot rolled steel ...
* A basis weight of paper, related to
grammage
Grammage and basis weight, in the pulp and paper industry, are the area density of a paper product, that is, its mass per unit of area. Two ways of expressing the area density of a paper product are commonly used:
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Symbols
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Pound sign
The pound sign () is the currency symbol, symbol for the pound unit of account, unit of Pound sterling, sterling – the currency of the United Kingdom and its associated Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories and previously of Kin ...
, £, the symbol for the pound as a unit of currency
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Number sign
The symbol is known as the number sign, hash, (or in North America) the 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, ligatured abbre ...
(also pound sign), the symbol #
Places in the United States
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Pound, Virginia
Pound is a town in Wise County, Virginia, 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 sai ...
, 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
Pound Ridge is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 5,082 at the 2020 census. The town is located toward the eastern end of the county, bordered to the north and east by the town of Lewisboro, by Stamford, ...
, 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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Pounds (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 the agricultural communities, where stray livestock w ...
(also a "pound"), a facility that houses homeless, lost, or abandoned animals
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Animal pound
An animal pound is a place where stray livestock were impounded. Animals were kept in a dedicated enclosure, until claimed by their owners, or sold to cover the costs of impounding.
Etymology
The terms "pinfold" and "pound" are Saxon in origi ...
, 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 canal lock# ...
, 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, power five, a spud, or also commonly known as a safe 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 ...
(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 flare ...
, 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 w ...
See also
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Pond (disambiguation)
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