Template:Convert/list of units/mass/avoirdupois

system	unit	unit- code		abbrev- iation	notes	sample default conversion	combinations
Avoirdupois	long ton	LT		(none)	2,240 lb used mostly in the British Commonwealth except Canada	1.0 long ton (1.0 t)	LT t LT t ST LT MT LT MT ST LT ST LT ST t LT ST MT
	short ton	ST		(none)	2,000 lb used mostly in the US and Canada	1.0 short ton (0.91 t)	ST t ST t LT ST MT ST MT LT ST LT ST LT t ST LT MT
	long hundredweight	long cwt		long cwt		1.0 long cwt (110 lb; 51 kg)
	short hundredweight	short cwt		short cwt		1.0 short cwt (100 lb; 45 kg)
	long quarter	long qtr		long qtr		1.0 long qtr (28 lb; 13 kg)
	short quarter	short qtr		short qtr		1.0 short qtr (25 lb; 11 kg)
	stone	st		st	14 lb used mostly in the British Commonwealth except Canada	1.0 st (14 lb; 6.4 kg)	st kg st kg lb st lb st lb kg
	pound	lb		lb		1.0 lb (0.45 kg)	lb kg lb kg st lb st lb st kg
	ounce	oz		oz		1.0 oz (28 g)	oz g
	drachm	drachm		(none)		1.0 drachm (1.8 g)
	drachm	dram		(none)
	grain	gr		gr	equivalent to the troy grain	1.0 gr (0.065 g)

Template documentation

This table has the units of avoirdupois weight (mass) used by the measurement converter Template:Convert. It also lists the unit-codes, such as "oz" for the ounce. For example:

{{convert|1|oz|g}}	→ 1 ounce (28 g)
{{convert|1|lb|g|0}}	→ 1 pound (454 g)

For the larger list of mass units used by Convert, see {{Convert/list_of_units/mass}}.

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