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1. (n.) poundage
a charge of so much per pound sterling or per pound weight.
2. poundage
weight in pounds.
3. (n.) poundage
confinement within an enclosure or within limits.
4. poundage
the fee demanded to free animals from a pound.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) poundage
a charge based on weight measured in pounds
2. (noun) poundage
a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
3. (noun) poundage
weight expressed in pounds
4. (noun) impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage
placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) poundage
a sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission
2. (noun) poundage
a subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more
3. (noun) poundage
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
4. (noun) poundage
confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound
5. (noun) poundage
a charge paid for the release of impounded cattle
6. (verb) poundage
to collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage
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