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Amsterdam pound
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English
Etymology
en nl Amsterdams pond, from nl Amsterdam pond pound (weight measure) 1.
Noun
en obsolete One of many locally defined weight measures called pound before the introduction of the metric system, important because of its use in the thriving Dutch maritime commerce; equivalent to 0.4941 kilograms.
en Units of measure