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Webster 1913 Edition

Poundage

Pound′age

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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

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Verb.
T.
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
[R.]

Pound′age

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Noun.
[See 3d
Pound
.]
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

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Noun.
[from pound.] A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound.
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.

Definition 2024

poundage

poundage

English

Noun

poundage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural poundages)

  1. (countable) a charge based on the weight of something in pounds
  2. (countable) a charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling
  3. (countable) a weight measured in pounds
  4. (countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
  5. (uncountable) the keeping of an animal in a pound

Verb

poundage ‎(third-person singular simple present poundages, present participle poundaging, simple past and past participle poundaged)

  1. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.

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