Usually means: Unit of weight, approximately 0.454 kilograms.
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  1. avoirdupois pound: Collins English Dictionary
  2. avoirdupois pound: Wiktionary
  3. avoirdupois pound: Dictionary.com
  4. Avoirdupois pound: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. avoirdupois pound: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (avoirdupois pound)

noun:  A unit of weight in the avoirdupois system of weights, defined as 0.45359237 kg in most of the English-speaking world since 1959.

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