poundage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a charge based on weight measured in pounds
  2. noun a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
  3. noun weight expressed in pounds
  4. noun placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
    impounding; internment; impoundment.

WordNet

Pound"age noun
Definitions
  1. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
  2. A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more. Eng. Blackstone.
  3. (Law) The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound. Burrill. Bouvier.
Pound"age transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. R.
Pound"age noun
Etymology
See 3d Pound.
Definitions
  1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
  2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.

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