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Webster 1913 Edition


Pontage

Pon′tage

(?; 48)
,
Noun.
[LL.
pontagium
, from L.
pons
,
pontis
, a bridge: cf. F.
pontage
.]
(O. Eng. Law)
A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.
Ayliffe.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pontage

PONT'AGE

,
Noun.
[L. pons, pontis, a bridge.]
A duty paid for repairing bridges.

Definition 2024


pontage

pontage

English

Noun

pontage (plural pontages)

  1. (Britain, law, obsolete) A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.
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French

Noun

pontage m (plural pontages)

  1. (medicine) bypass (an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ)
  2. bridge-building