Poundage
Definition of Poundage
Pound´age | n. | 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. | | 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. | | v. t. | 1. | To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. | | n. | 1. | Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound. | | 2. | A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle. |
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