avoirdupois
noun[U]
MEASURESuk/ˌævwɑːdjuːˈpwɑː/us/ˌævərdəˈpɔɪz/asystemused in the US, andofficiallyuntil theyear2000 in the UK, formeasuringweight. It isbasedon thepound, which isequaltoapproximately454grams.
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Would it be the tape measure, would it be the height, would it be theavoirdupois?
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Its export is poundsavoirdupoishas arisen from 18,000 to 48,000, and this by no means represents its future capacities.
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They are heavier in more ways than theavoirdupoisaspect of them.
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That means one poundavoirdupoisweight of silver.
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He asked whether that meant the same as pence per poundavoirdupois.
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I weighed it at the post office and it came to about 600 or 800 grams—the post office no longer deals inavoirdupois.
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I can see men debating for years what weight inavoirdupoisis equal to so much pounds sterling, and so on.
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He has got none, or, if he has got any, he is getting it in poundsavoirdupoisinstead of in scores of tons.
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It is one thing today and another thing tomorrow, but one cannot say that of the poundavoirdupois.
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But it is certainly weighty in terms ofavoirdupois.
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The protocol could be met by exceptional arrangements to provide one pound of butter,avoirdupoisor its metric equivalent, per year.
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If the customer wants to buy inavoirdupoisrather than in metric, that is what the customer should be allowed to do.
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Many articles used as medicines, for example, sodium bicarbonate, are commonly sold byavoirdupoisweight, and it is not the intention to interfere with this practice.
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Consequently, a fluid ounce of water weighs about 1.041 ouncesavoirdupois.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At that time aluminum was $1.00 peravoirdupoisounce.
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