Pint

The pint is a unit of <a href="/facts/Volume/aeAXCBUd">volume</a> or capacity in both the <a href="/facts/Imperial_unit/XBpM6M1W">imperial</a> and <a href="/facts/United_States_customary_units/s76n3Bx4">United States customary</a> measurement systems. In both of those systems, it is one-eighth of a <a href="/facts/Gallon/HnvMkKIz">gallon</a>. 
The British imperial pint is 20.095% larger than the US pint because <a href="/facts/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and_US_customary_measurement_systems/VaWcraad">the two systems are defined differently</a>. Almost all other countries have standardized on the <a href="/facts/Metric_system/to24H0YK">metric system</a>, so although some of them still also have traditional units called pints (such as for beverages), the volume varies by regional custom.
The imperial pint (≈ 568 <a href="/facts/Millilitre/QKwbQz8I">mL</a>) is used in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and other <a href="/facts/Commonwealth_of_Nations/TcIRQnNq">Commonwealth countries</a>. In the United States, two kinds of pint are used: a liquid pint (≈ 473 mL) and a less common dry pint (≈ 551 mL). 
Other <a href="/facts/Dominion/uJGVYft4">former British colonies</a>, such as 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 <a href="/facts/British_Empire/hrsz0j7A">British Empire</a>.

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