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.