Category: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)

Defn: 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.

Poundage Pound"age, v. t.

Defn: to collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [r.]

Poundage 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.