page_title: Pint
section_title: Imperial pint
hierarchical_section_title: Pint / Definitions / Imperial pint
caption_attribution_description: English: A four pack of larger, common in the UK sold in pint sized cans.
context_page_description: The pint is a unit of volume or capacity in both the imperial and United States customary measurement systems. In both of those systems it is traditionally one eighth of a gallon. The British imperial pint is about ​¹⁄₅ larger than the American pint because the two systems are defined differently. Almost all other countries have standardized on the metric system, so the size of what may be called a pint varies depending on local custom.
  The imperial pint is used in the United Kingdom and Ireland and to a limited extent in Commonwealth nations. In the United States, two kinds of pint are used: a liquid pint and a less-common dry pint. Each of these pints is one eighth of its respective gallon, but the gallons differ. This difference dates back to 1824, when the British Weights and Measures Act standardized various liquid measures throughout the British Empire, while the United States continued to use the earlier English measure. The imperial pint consists of 20 imperial fluid ounces and the US liquid pint is 16 US fluid ounces. The imperial fluid ounce is about 4% smaller than the US fluid ounce.
context_section_description: The imperial pint is equal to one eighth of an imperial gallon.
caption: Imperial pint cans (568 ml) commonly found in British supermarkets
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