Hypertext Webster Gateway: "poundage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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. [Eng.] --Blackstone.
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. --Burrill. Bouvier.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Poundage \Pound"age\, v. t.
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
[R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Poundage \Pound"age\, n. [See 3d {Pound}.]
1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public
pound.
2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
poundage
n 1: a charge based on weight measured in pounds
2: a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
3: weight expressed in pounds
4: placing private property in the custody of an officer of the
law [syn: {impoundment}, {impounding}, {internment}]
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