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1pound — pound1 W2S1 [paund] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(weight)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(for dogs and cats)¦ 4¦(for cars)¦ 5 get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh 6¦(telephone)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 2, 5 6; Origin: Old English pund, from Latin pondo] [ …
2pound — 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 …
3pound something out — type something with heavy keystrokes an old typewriter on which she pounded out her poems ■ produce music by striking an instrument heavily and repeatedly the women pounded out a ringing tattoo on several oil drums * * * ˌpound sthˈout derived to …
4in for a penny, in for a pound — There is no point in half measures • • • Main Entry: ↑penny * * * in for a penny, in for a pound informal phrase used for saying that you intend to finish doing something that you have started, or intend to do it thoroughly Thesaurus: expressions …
5ink sb/sth in — UK US ink sb/sth in Phrasal Verb with ink({{}}/ɪŋk/ verb [T] ► to decide when an action, meeting, etc. will happen, or when someone will do something: »The company has a 30 million pound investment inked in for next year. → See also PENCIL SB/STH …
6ink sth in — UK US ink sb/sth in Phrasal Verb with ink({{}}/ɪŋk/ verb [T] ► to decide when an action, meeting, etc. will happen, or when someone will do something: »The company has a 30 million pound investment inked in for next year. → See also PENCIL SB/STH …
7(an) ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure — preˌvention is better than ˈcure idiom (BrE) (US an ounce of preˌvention is better than a pound of ˈcure) (saying) it is better to stop sth bad from happening rather than try to deal with the problems after it has happened …
8a run on sth — ► COMMERCE a period when people buy more of a particular product than usual: »The warm weather sparked a run on air conditioners. ► ECONOMICS a period when many people suddenly sell more of a particular currency than usual: a run on the… …
9lease sth back — UK US lease sth back (to sb) Phrasal Verb with lease({{}}/liːs/ verb [T] COMMERCE, LAW ► PROPERTY, LAW to sell property or an asset, but continue to use it by paying rent to the new owner: »The company may try to raise cash by selling and leasing …
10lease sth back to sb — UK US lease sth back (to sb) Phrasal Verb with lease({{}}/liːs/ verb [T] COMMERCE, LAW ► PROPERTY, LAW to sell property or an asset, but continue to use it by paying rent to the new owner: »The company may try to raise cash by selling and leasing …
