The Pound Sign Is This £
1 pound. lb = pound.The origin of the abbreviation lb is in the Latin word libra, which could mean both balance scales (hence the symbol for the astrological sign Libra, which was named after a constellation that was thought to resemble scales) and also a pound weight, for which the full expression was libra pondo, the second word being the origin of our pound.
a pound...as much as a pound of feathers. A pound is a pound, after all.
No, they are equal: 1 pound = 1 pound.
The weigh the same. A pound is a pound is a pound no matter what the object is.
Both a Pound of Iron and a Pound of Air weight the same ... One Pound ... neither is 'heavier.'
£ is the symbol for the british pound(:
The symbol for pound currency is: £
The Pound Sign Is This £
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£ or ₤
The pound symbol is £. Some currency conversions will sometimes refer to the currency as GBP (Great British Pound) or BPS (British Pound Sterling) or just Sterling. The pound symbol £ is based on the letter L from the Latin Libra and it is called a pound because originally the coins would have weighed one pound.
The pound (#) symbol
The Pound Sign Is This £
The £ symbol is the symbol for the UK currency, the pound.
- the symbol for the pound (British Currency) translated in French "la livre" is £ as in England,- the "hash" key symbol (#) and the related weight unit are not used in France.
Currency = £ and weight is lb