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
* Rail pound, in
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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 Gibralta ...
, 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 settl ...
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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 ...
, a village
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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)
Pound (later Flywheel) was an American rock band from Poughkeepsie, New York.
History
Four of the members of Pound were in a New York glam metal band in the early 1990s. Later in the decade, they went on to be signed with EMI Music Publishing wor ...
, 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) Pound is the surname of:
* Albert Pound (1831-?), American politician and businessman
* Cuthbert Winfred Pound (1864–1935), American lawyer and politician from New York
* Dick Pound (born 1942), Canadian lawyer
* Dudley Pound (1877–1943), Bri ...
, 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
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 lock stair ...
, 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, a hunting structure used by indigenous North Americans to trap bison (buffalo)
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Pound (networking)
Pound is a lightweight open source reverse proxy program and application firewall suitable to be used as a web server load balancing solution. Developed by an IT security company, it has a strong emphasis on security. The original intent on devel ...
, 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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