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(), 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) 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. Pound"age v. t.To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [R.] Pound"age n.[See 3d Pound.] 1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound. 2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle. スポンサード リンク
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