1 cup contain about 8 ounces. 1 U.S cup (236.59 ml) is 8 U.S fluid ounces but 1 U.S cup is 8.327 ounce. The old U.K recepie cup is equivalent to about 10 U.K ounces and 9.607 U.S fluid ounces.
1 international metric cup is 8.454 U.S and 8.799 U.K ounces.
For people that cook and work with recipe, it is important that you understand how this works so you do not miss up your calculations.