Sentence examples for ounce on a from inspiring English sources

An extra penny per ounce on a 12-pack would add $1.44 -- or about 30 percent -- to the current typical $4.75 price.

"Saving even an ounce on a helicopter is a big deal," said Leslie Carothers, vice president for environment, health and safety at United Technologies.

This is the metal's best start since 1980, when gold prices rallied about 270% to then all-time highs of $850 an ounce on an oil-supply shock crisis and raging inflation.

Amid a global frenzy fed by multibillion-dollar hedge funds, wealthy speculators and governments all rushing to stock up on the precious yellow metal, the price of gold briefly surpassed $1,100 an ounce on Friday, a record high.

When on bike, he makes sure he has less than an ounce on him (stored in a lockbox, in case he's ever stopped by police), and avoids neighborhoods with heavy police presences during busier hours of the day.

They say an ounce on the feet is a pound on the back.

The gold price was fixed in London at $386 an ounce on Thursday afternoon, down from a recent peak of $428.20 in January.

Currently trading at $270 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold faces an oversupply problem: 15 European central banks plan to reduce their bullion stocks in coming years by selling to the open market.

Gold for current delivery jumped $8 an ounce, to $375.50 an ounce on New York's Commodity Exchange, the highest settlement of a near-term contract since Jan . 29 , 1991

Silver settled at $4.095 a troy ounce on New York's Comex, up 7 cents from Friday.

Prices dipped 50 to 60 points (hundredths of a cent an ounce) on the sale of 3,152, 000 ounces.