Poundage
[paundidʒ]
Definition
(noun.) weight expressed in pounds.
(noun.) a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals.
(noun.) a charge based on weight measured in pounds.
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Definition
(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.
Editor: Madge
Examples
- It was, besides, a foreign manufacture, and must have paid some duty, the ancient custom of tonnage and poundage at least, to the king. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The subsidy of poundage having continued for so long a time at one shilling in the pound, or at five per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They were subjected, indeed, to a small poundage duty, amounting only to threepence in the hundred weight, upon their re-exportation. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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