Thesaurus: poundage

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1. n. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. v. t. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
5. n. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
6. n. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
7. n. a charge based on weight measured in pounds
8. n. a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
9. n. weight expressed in pounds
10. n. placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
11. The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amountrealized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly inthe United States, at so much of the pound. Burrill. Bouvier.