In this story,a trial takes place to decide if the moneylender Shylock can take a pound of flesh from a borrower who fails to repay his loan.

VOA: special.2011.06.06

So we say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

"I'll bring ya a two-pound box of candy and maybe a bottle of perfume from the drugstore."

VOA: special.2011.02.27

Working in such a laundry was known as the eight-pound livelihood because a person had to lift an iron weighing almost four kilograms all day.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

He says,while the cattle industry has been tightly regulated, (that's not the case with the fishing industry.) "And when you're talking about a several thousand pound cow versus a bass, let alone a shrimp."

VOA: standard.2010.05.27