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avoirdupois definition

avoir·du·pois (av′ər də po̵iz′)

noun

  1. avoirdupois weight
  2. ☆ Informal heaviness or weight, esp. of a person

Etymology: ME aver de poiz < OFr aveir de peis < aveir, goods (< L habere, to have) + de (< L de), of + peis (< L pensum), weight

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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