Sentence examples for the ounce from inspiring English sources
noun
An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 1/16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
Saffron is best bought by the ounce.
Will We Soon Be Pricing Gasoline by the Ounce?
It is sold here by the ounce, $1.80 per.
(The Latin word uncia was the source of the name of another English unit, the ounce).
Teas, herbs and spices are sold by the ounce, 70 cents to $9.
Sweet shops would be given VAT reduction on lemon sherbets sold loose by the ounce.
"This may be the ounce of prevention that avoids many, many pounds of cure," he said.
She bought perfume not by the ounce but by the gallon.
(There were 24 grains in the Chinese ounce, and in the Han period the ounce weighed 16 grams).
Instead of splurging on a bottle of Chanel fragrance, they started to buy perfume by the ounce from peddlers online.
The picture flirts with the idea of turning skinny, white-girl worship on its head, since Charlene is unapologetic about her more-bounce-to-the-ounce size.
