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Webster 1913 Edition
Poundage
Pound′age
,Noun.
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
,Verb.
T.
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
[R.]
1.
Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
2.
A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Poundage
POUND'AGE
,Noun.
1.
In England, a subsidy of 12d. in the pound, granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.