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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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pound1 measure of weight; English money of account (orig. pound weight of silver). OE.
pund = OS.
pund, MDu.
pont (Du.
pond), OHG.
phunt (G.
pfund), ON., Goth.
pund :- Gmc. *
punda — L.
pondō (indeclinable) pound weight, orig. abl. of *
pondos (
libra pondō pound by weight), rel. to
pondus weight.
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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pounds 126 NET LOSS; Shock cost of following soccer for dad and kids.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 8/17/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...a gulf in prices. At Chelsea it costs pounds 126.30 for a parent and two kids (best seats, programme, food and drink) - pounds 86.90 more than Liverpool. A Premiership...with." Arsenal ADULT: Best seats, pounds 28; worst seats, pounds 12. CHILD...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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JACK'S VISION, AT COST OF [pounds sterling]70BN.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 9/13/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...devolution itself yesterday on a multibillion pound spending plan he claimed would deliver...Minister Andy Kerr unveiled plans to spend [pound]70billion of taxpayers' money over the...administration will be judged. Among Majorca [pound]129 [pound]139 [pound]169 [pound...
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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pounds 620,000 'wage bill' for council duties; DETAILS OF MEMBERS' EXPENSE CLAIMS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 6/20/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...for Cov- entry city councillors came to almost pounds 625,000 for the last financial year, it has been revealed. The "wages bill" topped pounds 602,000, with another pounds 20,000 being added on for councillors' trips...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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Coleen pounds 5m Spree; How Roo girl blings home the goodies..(News)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 12/26/2004; 700+ words
; ...spending spree since fiance Wayne Rooney's pounds 27million move to Manchester United...shopping bill adds up to a staggering pounds 5million in just one year for luxuries including a generous pounds 133,000 to charity. Today EMILY NASH...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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pounds 78m GRAVY TRAIN; Greedy MPs claiming average pounds 118k expenses And that money is on top of their pounds 57k salary.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 10/22/2004; 700+ words
; ...Pippa Crerar MPs claimed a record-breaking pounds 78million in expenses last year, it was revealed...the House of Commons asked for an average of pounds 118,437 each, on top of their pounds 57,000-plus salaries and generous pension...
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pounds 1,697; The price of being star Al's No1 fan.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England); 7/31/1996; ; 668 words
; ...supervisor Danny Walker. It would cost an astonishing pounds 1,697.57 to kit Junior out with the full...games - mounts up. Umbro Shearer Speciale boots pounds 79.99 Umbro Shearer shinpads pounds 12.99 Newcastle home shirt (inc number and...
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[pounds sterling]10 dresses, [pounds sterling]3 is now the best fight through the party skirts and clutch bags, Primark selling budget label. But once you crowds is there anything worth buying?
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/31/2007; 700+ words
; Byline: Liz Jones Short sleeve black trench coat dress, [pounds sterling]25 Platform slingback shoes, [pounds sterling]15Grey tweed shorts, [pounds sterling]8 White smock shirt, [pounds sterling]10 Knit long waistcoat...
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[pounds sterling]300.5m THAT'S THE BENCHMARK IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE THESE DAYS ... Dear me: Gordon (left) cost [pounds sterling]9m but was a sub alongside Liam Miller and Ian Harte Picture: GETTY IMAGES.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 12/5/2007; 700+ words
; ...broughtinto focus. Sunderland's [pounds sterling]9million Scotland international...visit of West Ham reached a huge [pounds sterling]67.6m. All told, players who cost their clubs a total of [pounds sterling]300.5m in feesincluding...
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pounds 40,000 FANTASY FOOTBALL.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 7/23/1997; 700+ words
; ...000 465 Joachim Bjorklund Rangers pounds 2,500,000 466 Stewart McCluskey St Johnst'ne pounds 500,000 467 Danny Griffin St Johnst'ne pounds 1,000,000 468 Jim Weir St Johnst'ne pounds 600,000 469 Allan Preston St Johnst'ne pound
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 "Hayling Islander (Hayling Island, England)")
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The [pounds sterling]1m ride nearing capacity.
Newspaper article from: Hayling Islander (Hayling Island, England); 4/4/2007; 700+ words
; ...causes with donations, this year amounting to [pounds sterling]9,593 to 26 local beneficiaries...from Paris to Hayling 2006 Abbeyfield UK - [pounds sterling]110; Action Aid - [pounds sterling]350; AFIRM - [pounds sterling...
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Roscoe Pound
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Roscoe Pound Roscoe Pound (1870-1964), American jurist and botanist, furthered the development...jurisprudence, which significantly altered American legal thought. Roscoe Pound was born at Lincoln, Nebr., on Oct. 27, 1870, the son of a judge...
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Ezra Loomis Pound
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ezra Loomis Pound Ezra Loomis Pound (1885-1972), American poet, translator, editor, critic...1925-1960), an epic version of the history of civilization. Pound founded the imagist movement in American poetry and was an influential...
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Pound, Ezra 1885-1972
Book article from: American Decades
POUND, EZRA 1885-1972 Poet Champion of Modernism Ezra Pound's odyssey of ideas took him far from his birthplace in...and William Carlos Williams. During the 1940s and 1950s Pound's ongoing epic poem, The Cantos (1917-1969), had...
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Pound, Roscoe 1870-1964
Book article from: American Decades
POUND, ROSCOE 1870-1964 Law professor Youthful Brilliance Roseoe Pound, who would become one of the twentieth century's...botany permanently, to become a practicing lawyer. Pound and Sociological Jurisprudence Trained in both science...
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Pound, Roscoe
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
POUND, ROSCOE Roscoe Pound was one of the leading figures in twentieth-century legal thought. As a scholar, teacher, reformer, and dean of Harvard Law School, Pound strove to link law and society through his "sociological jurisprudence...
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