Word Finder - poundage

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A charge based on the weight of something in pounds

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A charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling

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A weight measured in pounds

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A fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release

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The keeping of an animal in a pound

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To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.

The raising of tonnage and poundage without a parliamentary grant was declared illegal.

In this irritated temper they took up the question of tonnage and poundage, and instead of confining themselves to the great public question, they called to the bar some custom-house officers who happened to have seized the goods of one of their members.

At the Restoration the Irish parliament granted an hereditary revenue to the king, an excise for the maintenance of the army, a subsidy of tonnage and poundage for the navy, and a tax on hearths in lieu of feudal burdens.

In the early 12th century Earl Robert de Ferrers constituted Uttoxeter a free borough, and granted to the inhabitants freedom from all tolls, tonnage, poundage and other exactions.

I went to the store with my money, and if I took away any I had to pay poundage on it.

The overall average Non-Domestic Rate poundage for 2002-2003 is 51.05 pence.

The Hot Toddy Road Race is a great way to meet old friends and shed some of that excess festive poundage.

The German Order in 1398 converted the Hanseatic poundage to a territorial tax for its own purposes, and one of the chief causes for Cologne's disaffection a halfcentury later was the extension from Flanders to other parts of the Netherlands of the levy made by the counter at Bruges.

Men's workout gear can also encompass stuff like a workout log, where you make note of your exercises and poundage each time.

You'll be toting pistols, shotguns, carbines, nail guns (which are fun to shoot, but very dangerous), range rifles, and you'll be able to mount cannon turrets for a little mass poundage action.

Simply note what exercises you do, poundage, times on the Stairmaster and so forth.

In fact, the company recommends that women who have extra poundage in these areas, but not others, opt for this style.

Money for common purposes was raised from time to time, as necessity demanded, by the imposition on Hanse merchandise of poundage dues, introduced in 1361, while the counters relied upon a small levy of like nature and upon fines to meet current needs.