pound

[paʊnd]

Definition:
1. The unit of money in the UK, worth 100 pence.
2. Move heavily or clumsily.
3. Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle.

Use 'pound' in a sentence:

• 1. I've lost six and a half pounds since I started my diet.
• 2. The pound steadied against the dollar.
• 3. You were never a ninety-eight pound weakling.
• 4. The paper got clobbered with libel damages of half a million pounds.
• 5. The pound rallied against the dollar.
• 6. The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems.
• 7. A pound of butter, please.
• 8. He's six feet tall and weighs 200 pounds.
• 9. Half a pound of coffee costs one pound.
• 10. How much is a thousand pounds in euros?
• 11. Give me a pound of tomatoes and a pound of eggplants.
• 12. To grow and eat a pound of potatoes sends less than one-quarter pound of carbon dioxide into the air.
• 13. Five pounds doesn't buy much nowadays.
• 14. Tea is sold by the pound.
• 15. The pound stayed firm against the dollar in London.
• 16. The company's performance was impacted by the high value of the pound.
• 17. You can change back unused dollars into pounds at the bank.
• 18. The pound has sunk to its lowest recorded level against the dollar.
• 19. You can be paid in pounds sterling or American dollars.
• 20. The strike cost them thousands of pounds in lost business.
• 21. What would you do if you won a million pounds?
• 22. I didn't put that pound under your pillow.
• 23. Three dollars a pound.
• 24. Please give me a pound of butter.
• 25. The pound is expected to continue to increase against most other currencies.
• 26. I've lost ten pounds since I started this diet.
• 27. We sell these cakes by pound. They are $1.5 a pound.
• 28. That one mistake left him thousands of pounds out of pocket.
• 29. British exports have been handicapped by the strong pound.
• 30. Sure, 33 cents a pound.
• 31. Yesterday the pound strengthened against the dollar.
• 32. Fifty pounds is the best I can offer you.
• 33. Her head began to pound.
• 34. Yesterday the pound was quoted at $1.8285, unchanged from Monday.
• 35. I'll take a pound.
• 36. That's just over a pound!
• 37. I'd like a pound of peas, please.
• 38. It will cost two, maybe three hundred pounds.
• 39. A pound of hamburger, please.
• 40. The builders presented a bill for several hundred pounds.
• 41. The area is still being pounded by rebel guns.
• 42. You need just one pound to open a bank account with us.
• 43. Both boxers weighed in at several pounds below the limit.
• 44. The bomb was packed with several pounds of high explosive.
• 45. The meat ration was down to one pound per person per week.
• 46. Martha would consume nearly a pound of cheese per day.
• 47. The winner will receive ten pounds' worth of books.
• 48. The standard rate of income tax was cut to 23p in the pound.
• 49. They cost two dollars a pound.
• 50. The pound closed slightly down at$ 1.534.
• 51. He caught a 6 pound salmon in the annual fishing derby at Lake Winnipesaukee.
• 52. Billions of pounds were wiped off share prices today.
• 53. The seeds were pounded to a fine powder.