Poundage
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. A sum
deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound.
2. In England, a
subsidy of 12d. in the pound, granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.
Poundage
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
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. 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. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
5. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
Poundage
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
To collect, as poundage; to
assess, or rate, by poundage.
