That's half a million dollars per pound.

After 1914, the value of the escudo fell, being fixed in 1928 at 108 25 to the pound.

Chile has been hit by the remarkable decline in copper prices, with prices falling from around 1.30 per pound to the current 0.61 per pound.

We bought a pound of tea.

A pound is a unit of weight.

Tom bought a pound of cheese.

Please give me a pound of meat.

Five dollars are worth one pound.

I bought a pound of meat the other day.

Do you know how much a pound of cod is?

The pound fell against the dollar.

The pound in question is the Tower pound.

Pitt's new graduated (progressive) income tax began at a levy of 2 old pence in the pound (1 120) on incomes over 60 ( as of ), and increased up to a maximum of 2 shillings (10 ) on incomes of over 200.

Only the factories capable of producing sugar at a cost of 4 cents a pound or less would remain.

Back then, one Nigerian pound was equivalent to one British pound.

For example, the minimum price for coffee is 1.26 per pound, no matter how low the market price may fall.

Pound rises as UK wage growth accelerates

Before independence, Nigeria s legal tender was the British pound.

George Soros can bet on a run on the British pound.

Second dollar (1969 Present) The dollar was reintroduced on 15 January 1969, replacing the Fijian pound at a rate of 1 pound 2 dollars, or 10 shillings FJ 1.

Moreover, the Lebanese pound is pegged to the US dollar.

There are 12 troy ounces in the now obsolete troy pound.

With the establishment of the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1959, the Nigerian pound was introduced.

As a rule of thumb, you should plan on one pound of beef for every two guests.

Why is it, on the radio news every evening, I hear the FTSE 100, the Dow Jones, the dollar pound ratio I don't even know which way the dollar pound ratio should go to be good news.

If the market price rises above that figure, the fair trade price will increase so that it remains five cents per pound higher.

By the mid 1880s, the US federal government had introduced a tax of two cents per pound, and manufacturers needed an expensive license to make or sell the product.

The Bank of England stood ready to convert a pound sterling into an ounce of (11 12 fine) gold on demand.

The pound was 0.5 down at 1.31 US dollars and fell 0.4 to 1.11 euros.

Pound sterling is the world's third largest reserve currency (after the US Dollar and the Euro).

Yet pound sterling continued to be a major world currency until well after World War II.

It took many decades and two world wars before the British pound lost its super currency status.

By the end of the 1960's, the pound had been so weakened that international markets lost interest.

Yet, Asiri had indeed hidden a bomb inside his body, a one pound explosive that he detonated near the prince.

It is conceivable, therefore, that Europe will have two currencies, the euro and sterling, in the long run.

CAMBRIDGE 2008 has been an exceptionally tumultuous year for exchange rates. The American dollar soared, the Japanese yen went into orbit, the euro fell to earth, and the British pound crashed, leaving a giant crater.

The pound fell to its lowest value in 31 years while investors have been pulling money out of Britain due to speculation about its financial future.

William Hague s campaign was dominated by his call to save the pound and stay out of the Euro.

From 2017 through 2025, the price of unrefined sugar is expected to level off between 15 and 16 cents per pound, according to the 2016 edition of the Agricultural Perspectives from the Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The British were forced to abandon gold convertibility in April 1919 a tactical withdrawal intended to pave the way for Britain s return to the former 4.8665 parity with the American dollar.

The pound jumped following data showing a pick up in UK wage growth, while the FTSE 100 was led higher by bid target SABMiller.

In October 2002, the Cuban government s decision to restructure the sugar industry and shut down all factories that were unable to produce sugar at a cost of 4 cents a pound or less was made official.

The financial market rules established after 1933 by President Franklin Roosevelt s New Deal enabled the dollar to replace the British pound at the center of the international system.

But in other cases the opposite happens, for example when the euro and the pound both strengthened after their central banks began quantitative easing.

As though it were second nature in French culture, the director presented Shylock's attempt to collect his pound of flesh by recalling the image of the crucifixion.