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 ...
, a unit of currency
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Pound sterling
Sterling (abbreviation: stg; Other spelling styles, such as STG and Stg, are also seen. ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. The pound ( sign: £) is the main unit of sterling, and t ...
, 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 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 legally define ...
, a unit of mass
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Pound (force)
The pound of force or pound-force (symbol: lbf, sometimes lbf,) is a unit of force used in some systems of measurement, including English Engineering units and the foot–pound–second system.
Pound-force should not be confused with pound-ma ...
, a unit of force
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Symbols
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Pound sign, the symbol for the pound sterling, £
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Number sign (also pound sign), the symbol #
Places in the United States
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Pound, Virginia, a town
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Pound, Wisconsin
Pound is a village in Marinette County, Wisconsin, Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 377 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The village is located within the Pound (town), Wisconsin, Town of Pound. Pound is ...
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Pound (town), Wisconsin
Pound is a town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,367 at the 2000 census. The village of Pound is located within but politically independent of the town.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, ...
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Pound Ridge, New York
Pound Ridge is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 5,104 at the 2010 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, Conn ...
, 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 (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, 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 ...
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