POUNDAGE

impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage

(noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

poundage

(noun) weight expressed in pounds

poundage

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

poundage

(noun) a charge based on weight measured in pounds

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

poundage (countable and uncountable, plural poundages)

(countable) a charge based on the weight of something in pounds

(countable) a charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling

(countable) a weight measured in pounds

(countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release

(uncountable) the keeping of an animal in a pound

Verb

poundage (third-person singular simple present poundages, present participle poundaging, simple past and past participle poundaged)

To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.

Source: Wiktionary

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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. [Eng.] Blackstone.

3. (Law)

Definition: 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.

Pound"age, v. t.

Definition: To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [R.]

Pound"age, n. Etym: [See 3d Pound.]

1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.

2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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