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• pound of flesh — phrasal : something which is justly due but which if given inflicts great injury on the giver the pound of flesh which I demand of him is dearly bought, tis mine, and I will have it Shakespeare loan sharks exacting their pound of flesh * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

• pound of flesh —  An exorbitant demand or payment. In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, SHYLOCK demands a pound of flesh as payment for his loan to Antonio …   American business jargon

• your pound of flesh — phrase something that someone owes you that you take even though it will cause them to suffer have/​get/​want/​demand etc your pound of flesh: They signed an agreement and the Republicans now want their pound of flesh. Thesaurus: requests and… …   Useful english dictionary

• your pound of flesh — something that someone owes you that you take even though it will cause them to suffer have/get/want/demand etc your pound of flesh: They signed an agreement and the Republicans now want their pound of flesh …   English dictionary

• one's pound of flesh — ► one s pound of flesh something to which one is strictly entitled, but which it is ruthless to demand. [ORIGIN: with allusion to Shakespeare s Merchant of Venice.] Main Entry: ↑pound …   English terms dictionary

• have one's pound of flesh — demand everything; revenge oneself upon …   English contemporary dictionary

• one's pound of flesh — something to which one is strictly entitled, but which it is ruthless or inhuman to demand. [with allusion to Shakespeare s Merchant of Venice.] → pound …   English new terms dictionary

• one's pound of flesh — something that one is strictly or legally entitled to, but that it is ruthless or inhuman to demand Origin: with allusion to Shakespeare s Merchant of Venice …   Useful english dictionary

• pound — pound1 W2S1 [paund] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(weight)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(for dogs and cats)¦ 4¦(for cars)¦ 5 get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh 6¦(telephone)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 2, 5 6; Origin: Old English pund, from Latin pondo] [ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pound — pound1 [ paund ] noun count *** 1. ) a unit for measuring weight, used in several countries including the U.S. and the U.K., containing 16 OUNCES and equal to 0.454 kilograms. Its written abbreviation is lb.: The baby weighed over 10 pounds. half …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pound — [[t]pa͟ʊnd[/t]] ♦ pounds, pounding, pounded 1) N COUNT: num N The pound is the unit of money which is used in Britain. It is represented by the symbol ₤. One British pound is divided into a hundred pence. Some other countries, for example Egypt,… …   English dictionary