"Amsterdam pound" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Amsterdam pounds [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Dutch Amsterdams pond, from Amsterdam + pond (“pound (weight measure)”). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|nl|Amsterdams pond}} Calque of Dutch Amsterdams pond, {{compound|nl|Amsterdam|pond|nocat=1|t2=pound (weight measure)}} Amsterdam + pond (“pound (weight measure)”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Amsterdam pound (plural Amsterdam pounds)
  1. (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. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Units of measure
    Sense id: en-Amsterdam_pound-en-noun-ybHjEKqF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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