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. 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. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [R.] 1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound. 2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
12. 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.