'Poundage' definitions:

Definition of 'poundage'

(from WordNet)
noun
A charge based on weight measured in pounds
noun
A fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
noun
Weight expressed in pounds
noun
Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage]

Definition of 'Poundage'

From: GCIDE
  • Poundage \Pound"age\, v. t. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Poundage'

From: GCIDE
  • Poundage \Pound"age\, n. [See 3d Pound.]
  • 1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Poundage'

From: GCIDE
  • Poundage \Pound"age\, n.
  • 1. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'poundage'

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