pound
noun [ C ]
MONEY uk/paʊnd/ us MONEY ( written abbreviation £)
the standard unit of currency in the UK and some other countries:
The group has assets of about 120 million pounds.
The company has lost hundreds of thousands of pounds of investors' money.
a ten-pound note
MEASURES ( written abbreviation lb)
a unit for measuring weight, equal to 16 ounces or 0.454 of a kilogram:
September copper rose 0.85 cents to 135.30 cents a pound.