word-vault/dist/data/cards/po/pound.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "pound",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the unit of money in the UK, worth 100 pence",
            "labels": "specialist",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a ten-pound note"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pound coin"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've spent £25 on food today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What would you do if you won a million pounds?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Total losses were estimated at over three million pounds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The blaze caused thousands of pounds worth of damage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He built the business into a multimillion-pound food empire."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the unit of money of several other countries",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His salary will be about 5  000 Egyptian pounds per month."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the value of the British pound compared with the value of the money of other countries",
            "labels": "(finance)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the strength/weakness of the pound against other currencies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pound fell sharply to a record low against the yen."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pound closed *(= finished the day's trading)* slightly down at $1.534."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a run on the pound *(= when many people sell pounds and the value of the pound falls)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a unit for measuring weight, equal to 0.454 of a kilogram",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "half a pound of butter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They cost two dollars **a pound**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've lost six and a half pounds since I started my diet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a bronze sculpture weighing 7,000 pounds"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They sell organic black soya beans in 25-pound bags."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The couch potato lifestyle is causing many people to **pile on the pounds** *(= gain weight)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has **shed** 30 **pounds**."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating", "Maths and measurement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a place where vehicles that have been parked illegally are kept until their owners pay to get them back",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a place where dogs that have been found in the street without their owners are kept until their owners claim them",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that since you have started to do something, it is worth spending as much time or money as you need to in order to complete it",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "it is better to stop something bad from happening rather than try to deal with the problems after it has happened",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the full amount that somebody owes you, even if this will cause them trouble or difficulty",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You’re determined to have your pound of flesh, aren’t you?"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/paʊnd/",
                "audio": "po/pound/pound__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/paʊnd/",
                "audio": "po/pound/pound__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 4 Old English pund, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pond and German Pfund, from Latin (libra) pondo, denoting a Roman “pound weight” of 12 ounces. noun senses 5 to 6 late Middle English (earlier in compounds): of uncertain origin. Early use referred to an enclosure for holding stray or trespassing cattle."
}