LB in Pound ?

Question

I know you can't buy items in pounds anymore its all in KG now but what did the LB stand for.

Answer 1

Lb is the abbreviation for pound. Oz is the abbreviation for ounce! 16 ounces to a pound. Quarter of a pound is four ounces etc etc.....

Answer 2

Pound - 'A unit of weight...long used in western and central Europe, more or less answering to the Roman 'libra' and represented by its symbol lb'.

The astrological sign of Libra has a balance as its symbol. Interesting, in view of the above.

The French word for pound is livre, obviously from the Latin too.

The abbreviation should be in lower case, lb not LB.

Answer 3

The origin 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

Answer 4

lb is a pound. kg is ca. 2.2 lbs. You can get a conversion table from lbs to metric on the Internet. And from Fahrenheit to Celsius and pints to litres.

The US system of measuring in cups is much more complicated. How do you measure a cup of butter?

Answer 5

The Latin words libra pondo describe a Roman unit of weight similar to a pound.

The abbreviation "lb" for a unit of weight is derived from the Latin word libra.

The word "pound" itself comes from the Latin pendere, to weigh, while libra meant "scales and balances"

"lb" is singular (one pound) and "lbs" is plural as in pounds of weight.

Answer 6

Lbs. = Pound, Imperial Weight.

I think it's 2.2 lbs per Kilo.

Answer 7

sorry no idea and never even thought about it until now.. but i will keep coming back to your question to find out???

maybe its like chemical symbols the letters don't always match up with the chemical, if you no what i mean????