Meaning of pint in English

pint
noun [ C ]
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/paɪnt/ us

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/paɪnt/
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a measure for liquid equal to about half a litre. There are eight pints in a gallon:
a pint of milk
a pint of beer
UK informal
a pint of beer:
He usually goes out for a pint at lunchtime.
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pint
noun [ C ]
us

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/pɑɪnt/
(abbreviation pt.)
a unit of measurement of volume equal to 1/2 quart or about 0.47 liter
(Definition of pint from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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The value of the subsidy to a family buying 20 pints of milk per week will be 40p.
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About 320,000 gallons were transported which provided a weekly allowance of two pints per head for nearly 200,000 people during that period.
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At present, one-third pints are allowed for sale only for schoolchildren.
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Each van of smuggled beer contains 1,500 pints, which is more than the weekly trade of a small community pub.
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Thirty-one million pints appear to have got lost.
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One white van load contains some 1,500 pints, which is more than the weekly beer sale of a small pub.
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Even if she drank 32 pints in one hour, her blood alcohol concentration would still be only 15 mg.
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The only measures for milk that were made legal were the half-pints and the pints.
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Every day 40,000 pints of low-alcohol and nonalcoholic drinks are drunk.
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I have no evidence at present to suggest that it would be desirable to provide also that they should contain only pints and half pints.
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Neither is the foreign visitor when he has found that we sell things in pints instead of litres.
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The fact is that four not-so-large glasses of claret are roughly equivalent to two pints of beer, which give a reading of 73.
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Every day, about 1.5 million pints of beer are smuggled.
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I consume alcohol hardly at all, but two pints of milk per day has been my habit for many years past.
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Surely they could deny themselves that, or maybe the father a couple of pints of beer, to give their child milk.
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Translations of pint

in Chinese (Traditional)
品脫（液量單位，約等於半升）, 一品脫啤酒, 一杯啤酒…
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品脱（液量单位，约等于半升）, 一品脱啤酒, 一杯啤酒…
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pinta, pinta de cerveza, pinta [feminine…
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in Portuguese
medida de capacidade, equivalente a 0, 568 litros no Reino Unido e 0…
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パイント（液体の計量単位。1パイント＝[英] 0.568リットル、[米] 0.473リットル ）, 1パイントのビール…
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(Birleşik Krallık) 0.473 (ABD) 0.568 litereye eşit sıvı ölçüm birimi, büyük bira…
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pinte [feminine], pinte (de bière) [feminine], pinte…
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باينت (وِحدْة لَقِياس السَّوائل), كوب يَحْتَوي على ثُمْن جالون إنْجِليزي من الجعة…
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pinta…
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setengah liter…
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หน่วยวัดความจุของเหลว…
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Panh, đơn vị đo lường, ở Anh bằng 0…
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pint, pół kwarty (= = ok. pół litra), (duże ) piwo…
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pain…
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halber Liter…
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pint [masculine], flaske [masculine], pint med øl [masculine]…
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pinta (unità di misura), pinta di birra, pinta…
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