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/ˈpaɪnt/
(abbreviated as “pt” or “p”)
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-the pint is a ‘unit’ of ‘volume’ (or ‘capacity’) in both the [(‘imperial’ + ‘united states customary’) measurement systems]-
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In both of those systems it is traditionally one-eighth of a gallon, Imperial or U.S., although measuring a different amount of liquid (an Imperial pint equals roughly 568 millilitres, or 20 Imperial fluid ounces;
a U.S. pint equals roughly 473 millilitres, or 16 U.S. fluid ounces).
The British pint is thus about 20% larger than the American pint (the two systems are not the same).
Almost all other countries have standardized on the metric system.
The size of what may be called a pint varies depending on local custom.
The imperial pint (≈ 568 ml) is used in the United Kingdom and Ireland and to a limited extent in Commonwealth nations.
In the United States, two pints are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 ml) and a less-common dry pint (≈ 551 ml).
Each of these pints is one-eighth of its respective gallon, but the gallons differ and the imperial pint is about 20% larger than the US liquid pint.
This difference dates back to 1824, when the British Weights and Measures Act standardised various liquid measures throughout the British Empire, while the United States continued to use the earlier Englishmeasures.
The imperial pint consists of 20 imperial fluid ounces and the US liquid pint is 16 US fluid ounces, making the imperial fluid ounce about 4% smaller than the US fluid ounce.
All of the other former British colonies, such as Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, converted to the metric system in the 1960s and 1970s; so, while the term “pint” may still be in common use in these countries, it may no longer refer to the British imperial pint once used throughout the British Empire. In the United Kingdom, the imperial pint is still the primary unit for draught beer and cider, as it is for milk sold in returnable bottles.
(in the UK, legislation mandates that draught beer and cider may be sold by the imperial pint in perpetuity, and in public houses can only be sold in a third of a pint, two-thirds of a pint or multiples of half a pint, which must be served in stamped measured glasses or from government-stamped meters)
Since the vast majority of countries in the world no longer use American or British imperial units, and most are non-English speaking, a “pint of beer” served in a tavern outside the United Kingdom and the United States may be measured by other standards.
(in Commonwealth countries it may be a British Imperial pint of 568 ml, in countries serving large numbers of American tourists it might be a US liquid pint of 473 ml, in many metric counties it is a half-litre beer stein of 500 ml, or in some places it is another measure reflecting national and local laws and customs)
Historically, units called a pint (or the equivalent in the local language) were used across much of Europe, with values varying between countries from less than half a litre to over one litre.
Within continental Europe, the pint was replaced with the metric system during the 19th century.
(the term is still in limited use in parts of France, and in Quebec – where “une pinte” means an imperial quart, which is 2 pints, around one litre, whereas a pint is “une chopine” – and Central Europe, notably some areas of Germany and Switzerland, colloquially used for roughly half a litre)
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