What is lbs (for weight)?

Business Habit ⋅ @businesshabit ⋅ Jun 05, 2015

A synonym for pounds. When read, you read it as pounds. Originated from the Zodiac Sign, Libra, which is a balance, or scale. That referred to weight, so people decided to substitute it for pounds.

24 lbs.=24 pounds

Some points to make the sense more clear about LBS:

1.lbs= pounds ,it's an abbreviation for pounds.

2. One kilogram is 2.204623 pounds. (1 kg = 2.204623 lb)

3.one kg=2.204 ibs

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