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There are 16 ounces in a pound.

For weighing dry items, 16 ounces (avoirdupois) = 1 pound

For precious metals, there are 12 troy ounces to the troy pound.

(1 troy ounce = 1.1 avoirdupois ounces, and a pound of gold is 14 7/12 troy ounces)

*The separate unit fluid ounce is a measure of volume: there are 16 fluid ounces to the pint in the US; and 20 fluid ounces to the pint in the UK.

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