Smaller English Units
of Liquid Capacity

In imperial measure, these units are also units of dry capacity.

						gallon
					pottle		2
				quart		2	4
				pint	2	4	8
			cup	2	4	8	16
		gill	2	4	8	16	32
	jack	2	4	8	16	32	64
British imperial (1825-1995)	71 mL	142 mL	284 mL	568 mL	1.137 L	2.273 L	4.546 L
imp. fluid ounces	2½	5	10	20	40	80	160
U. S.	59 mL	118.3 mL	237 mL	473 mL	946 mL	1.893 L	3.785 L
U.S. fluid ounces	2	4	8	16	32	64	128

In the United States in the 21st century, the pottle is called a half gallon, and the gill and jack are called the half cup and quarter cup respectively. The pint and quart referred to above are the U.S. liquid pint and liquid quart, which differ in volume from the U.S. dry pint and dry quart.

In the United Kingdom, all the above units became no longer legal for trade on 1 October 1995, except that the fluid ounce and pint could be used for sales of beer, cider, water, lemonade and fruit juice in returnable containers up to but no later than 31 December 1999, and the pint was retained indefinitely for draft sales of beer and cider and for milk sold in returnable containers.

Smaller English Unitsof Liquid Capacity

Smaller English Units
of Liquid Capacity