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pound for pound

pound for pound is the alternative spelling of pound-for-pound.

Meaning of pound-for-pound

Adverb

pound-for-pound (not comparable)

  1. A comparison of fighters' (usually boxers) skill levels, regardless of what weight class they are in.
    • Sugar Ray Robinson is pound for pound the best boxer ever.
  2. Pertaining to how any two things compare when bearing in mind their real or relative, figurative weight.
    • A tin of tomatoes weighing 250 g and costing $2.50 is more expensive, pound-for-pound, than one weighing 500 g and costing $4 (as the former costs $1.00 per 100 g and the latter $0.80 per 100 g).

Questions about pound for pound

What is pound for pound the alternative spelling of?
Pound for pound is the alternative spelling of pound-for-pound.

Words near pound for pound in the dictionary

  1. pound a beat
  2. pound cake
  3. pound cakes
  4. Pound Creek
  5. pound dirt
  6. pound for pound
  7. pound of flesh
  8. pound one's flounder
  9. pound out
  10. pound parties
  11. pound party

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