| NOUN | quantity | United States Customary System | the system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint / pint that dates back to colonial America but differs in some respects from the British Imperial System |
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| Meaning | The system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint / pint that dates back to colonial America but differs in some respects from the British Imperial System; today in the United States this system exists side by side with the SI system. | |
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| Broader | system of weights and measures | system of measurement for length and weight and duration / duration |
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