pound (economics)

The unit of currency of the UK (the pound sterling), and certain other countries. The £ symbol is derived from letter L for libra, a measure of weight. It was formerly divided into 20 shillings and 240 pence; but since decimalization in 1971 it is divided into 100 pence (new pence). One-pound gold coins called sovereigns were made for circulation in Britain from 1489 to 1931, after which paper pound notes were in general circulation. In 1983 the British government introduced a one-pound coin to replace the one-pound note, which it stopped issuing on 31 Dec 1984.

Pound (rail), a unit of rail weight Pound-force, a unit of force Pound (currency) (disambiguation page), a unit of currency in various countries Pound symbol, ₤, pound sign

People

Dick Pound, Canadian sports official Dudley Pound, British naval officer Ezra Pound, American modernist poet and critic Louise Pound, American educator Olivia Pound, American educator R. Pound, physicist, eponym of the Pound-Rebka experiment Roscoe Pound, American legal scholar Stephen Pound, British politician Stephen Bosworth Pound, American senator and judge

Other

Tha Dogg Pound, a music group Canal pound, the stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks A pound (greeting) is a greeting in which two individuals touch fists Pound (networking), an open-source reverse proxy and load balancing program Dog pound, an archaic term referring to temporary homes for stray, surrendered, or abandoned pet animals Pound as a verb means to grind with or as with a mortar and pestle, to strike or hit something (pound the keys of a typewriter, pound the table).

Places

United States

Pound Ridge, New York Pound, Virginia Pound, Wisconsin Pound (town), Wisconsin

Elsewhere

Pound Loney, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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