Knowing that you are buying one pound of bread is part of

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777dan777 [17]3 years ago

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Many laws set practical standards for weights and measures in the British Parliament such as the weights and measures acts, which determine and enforce the unit of measurement for weight;

the "Pound", equivalent to 16 ounces, is used to measure several things such as food, people, animals, with the sign "Lb" (from the Latin: Libra), and albeit it has the same name, when it come to the currency, the "pound sterling" gets the (£) symbol for the sake of disambiguation.

Thus that's why "buying one pound of bread" is part of the standards for weights and measures.

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Eddi Din [679]3 years ago

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Standards of weights and measures.

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