Pound

Pound or Pounds may refer to:

Units

 * Pound (currency), various units of currency
 * Pound sterling, the official currency of the United Kingdom
 * Pound (mass), a unit of mass
 * Pound (force), a unit of force
 * Rail pound, in rail profile
 * A basis weight of paper, related to grammage

Symbols

 * Pound sign, the symbol for the pound sterling, £
 * Number sign (also pound sign), the symbol #

Places in the United States

 * Pound, Virginia, a town
 * Pound, Wisconsin, a village
 * Pound (town), Wisconsin, a town
 * Pound Ridge, New York, a town

Entertainment

 * Pound (band), an American rock band
 * Pound (film), a 1970 film directed and written by Robert Downey, Sr.

Other uses

 * Pound (surname), a list of people
 * Animal shelter (also a "pound"), a facility that houses homeless, lost, or abandoned animals
 * Animal pound, a similar structure
 * Canal pound, the stretch of level water impounded between two canal locks
 * Fist bump (also a "pound" or a "fist pound"), a gesture similar in meaning to a handshake or high five
 * Buffalo pound, a hunting structure used by indigenous North Americans to trap bison (buffalo)
 * Pound (networking), a lightweight open source reverse proxy program and application firewall
 * Pound (magazine), a Toronto-based hip hop magazine
 * Pounds, shillings and pence or £sd, British and other European pre-decimal currency
 * Vehicle impoundment