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pourboire
pourdown
pousse-café
pousse-pousse
poussin
pout (1)
pout (2)
pouter
poutine
POV
poverty
Poverty Bay
poverty line
poverty rate
poverty-stricken
poverty trap
POW
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pound sign
pound sign (plural pound signs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. U.S. the symbol #: the symbol (#), especially on a telephone keypad or computer keyboard.
Canadian term  hash1
2. symbol for money: the symbol (£) which indicates pound sterling
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