Kip

In the United States, a kip is a unit of force that equal 1,000 pounds. It is mainly used by architects and structural engineers. The name comes from combining the words "kilo" and "pound", thus 1,000 pounds. The kip is also a unit of measure in historic England and Malaysia.

See Also: Conversion of units#Force

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Kip is the currency of Laos. By ISO 4217 it is abbreviated as LAK. One Kip is divided in 100 At.

In 1979 a currency reform was made, replacing 100 old kip by one new kip. The exchange rate as of June 2004 was 1 EUR = 9558 LAK.