Poundage

[paundidʒ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) weight expressed in pounds.

(noun.) a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals.

(noun.) a charge based on weight measured in pounds.

乔恩錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.

(n.) A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.

(n.) 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.

(v. t.) To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.

(n.) Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.

(n.) A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.

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