- av|oir|du|pois
- av|oir|du|pois «AV uhr duh POYZ», noun.╂[< Middle French avoir de pois < Old French avoir de peis goods of weight < Latin habēre have, dē from, and pēnsum weight < pendere weigh]
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pois — pois; pois·er; pois·son; av·oir·du·pois; mire·pois; … English syllables
oir — mem·oir; mem·oir·ist; peign·oir; av·oir·du·pois; … English syllables
avoirdupois — av·oir·du·pois … English syllables
avoirdupois — A system of weights in which 16 ounces make a pound, equivalent to 453.59237 g. See Weights and Measures appendix. [Fr. to have weight, corrupted fr. O. Fr. avoir, property, + de, of, + pois, weight] * * * av·oir·du·pois .av ərd ə pȯiz, pwä adj… … Medical dictionary
avoirdupois — av•oir•du•pois [[t]ˌæv ər dəˈpɔɪz[/t]] n. 1) wam avoirdupois weight 2) inf Informal. bodily weight; heaviness: excess avoirdupois[/ex] • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME avoir de pois lit., property of weight < OF, =avoir (< L habēre to have) +de… … From formal English to slang
avoirdupois — av|oir|du|pois [ˌævwa:dju:ˈpwa:, ˌævədəˈpɔız US ˌævərdəˈpɔız] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: avoir de pois goods of weight ] the system of weighing things that uses the standard measures of the ↑ounce, ↑pound, and ↑ton →↑metric… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Avoirdupois — Av oir*du*pois ([a^]v [ e]r*d[ u]*poiz ), n. & a. [OE. aver de peis, goods of weight, where peis is fr. OF. peis weight, F. poids, L. pensum. See {Aver}, n., and {Poise}, n.] 1. Goods sold by weight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Avoirdupois weight.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Avoirdupois weight — Avoirdupois Av oir*du*pois ([a^]v [ e]r*d[ u]*poiz ), n. & a. [OE. aver de peis, goods of weight, where peis is fr. OF. peis weight, F. poids, L. pensum. See {Aver}, n., and {Poise}, n.] 1. Goods sold by weight. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
avoirdupois — av‧oir‧du‧pois [ˌævədəˈpɔɪz, ˌævwɑːdjuːˈpwɑː ǁ ˌævərdəˈpɔɪz] noun [uncountable] a system of weighing things used in the UK and US, based on the standard measures of the Ounce,Pound, and Ton, which is being replaced in the UK by the metric system … Financial and business terms
AV — AV; av·a·da·vat; av·a·rice; av·a·ri·cious; av·a·ri·cious·ly; av·a·ri·cious·ness; av·el·la·neous; av·ens; av·en·tail; av·e·nue; av·er·age·ly; av·er·age·ness; av·er·rhoa; Av·er·tin; av·gas; av·i·cen·nia; av·i·cen·ni·a·ce·ae; av·i·cen·nism;… … English syllables
