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avoirdupois
The system of weights customarily used in the US (and formerly in the UK) for most goods except gems and drugs for which are employed respectively troy weights and apothecaries weights. There are 7,000 grains or 16 ounces in the pound avoidupois. The term is a corruption of French, meaning "property of weight".)
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