- thousand-pound
- thousand-poundˈ adjectiveWeighing, costing, priced at a thousand pounds• • •Main Entry: ↑thousand
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Pound (mass) — Lb. redirects here. For other uses, see LB. Lbs. redirects here. For other uses, see LBS. For the unit of force, see Pound force. The pound or pound mass (abbreviations: lb, lbm, lbm, ℔[1] ) is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States… … Wikipedia
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pound — [[t]pa͟ʊnd[/t]] ♦ pounds, pounding, pounded 1) N COUNT: num N The pound is the unit of money which is used in Britain. It is represented by the symbol ₤. One British pound is divided into a hundred pence. Some other countries, for example Egypt,… … English dictionary
pound — 1 /paUnd/ noun 1 WEIGHT written abbreviation lb (C) a unit for measuring weight, equal to 16 ounces or about 0.454 kilograms: a pound of apples | Moira weighs about 130 pounds. | The grapes cost $2 a pound. 2 MONEY (C) a) written abbreviation the … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Battle of the Thousand Islands — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of the Thousand Islands partof=the French and Indian War caption=WIlliamson s gunboats capture the French corvette L Outaouaise near Point au Baril, painted by Thomas Davies date=16–24 August 1760… … Wikipedia
to the nearest thousand — to the nearest pound/thousand/etc phrase if you calculate an amount to the nearest pound thousand etc, you give the number closest to it which can be divided evenly by a pound 1,000 etc The bill came to £13.08 but they rounded it down to the… … Useful english dictionary
to the nearest pound — to the nearest pound/thousand/etc phrase if you calculate an amount to the nearest pound thousand etc, you give the number closest to it which can be divided evenly by a pound 1,000 etc The bill came to £13.08 but they rounded it down to the… … Useful english dictionary
Nehemiah 7 — 1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, 2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a … The King James version of the Bible
Ezra 2 — 1 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto… … The King James version of the Bible
