Meaning of pound In English

• 0 the standard unit of money used in the UK and some other countries:

  • a one-pound/two-pound coin

  • There are one hundred pence in a pound.

  • They stole jewellery valued at £50,000 (= 50,000 pounds).

  • "Do you have any change?" "Sorry, I only have a five-pound note.

  • The devaluation of the pound will make British goods more competitive abroad.

  • On the foreign exchanges the pound rose two cents against the dollar to $1.52.

• 1 a unit for measuring weight:

  • One pound is approximately equal to 454 grams.

  • One kilogram is roughly the same as 2.2 lbs.

  • There are 16 ounces in one pound.

  • Ann's baby weighed eight and a half pounds at birth.

• 2 to hit or beat repeatedly with a lot of force, or to crush something by hitting it repeatedly:

  • I could feel my heart pounding as I went on stage to collect the prize.

  • Nearly 50 people are still missing after the storm pounded the coast.

  • The city was pounded to rubble during the war.

  • He pounded on the door demanding to be let in.

  • She was pounding away on her typewriter until four in the morning.

• 3 a unit of measurement of weight equal to 0.453 kilogram

• 4 a place where pets that are lost or not wanted are kept:

  • We got this mutt at the pound.

• 5 the standard unit of money in the United Kingdom and some other countries

• 6 to hit repeatedly with force, or to crush by hitting repeatedly:

  • [ T ] The speaker pounded his fists on the table.

  • [ I ] Waves were pounding at the rocks.

  • [ I ] My heart was still pounding after we nearly crashed on the Interstate.

• 7 the standard unit of currency in the UK and some other countries:

  • The group has assets of about 120 million pounds.

  • The company has lost hundreds of thousands of pounds of investors' money.

  • a ten-pound note

• 8 a unit for measuring weight, equal to 16 ounces or 0.454 of a kilogram:

  • September copper rose 0.85 cents to 135.30 cents a pound.

• 9 the value of the currency used in Britain compared with the value of the curriencies used in other countries:

  • the strength/value of the pound

  • The dollar gained more than a cent against the pound.

• 10 for each British pound counted:

  • The Chancellor wanted to cut the starting rate of income tax to 10p in the pound.