poundage

poundage is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
2. noun. 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. noun. 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. transitive verb. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
5. noun. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
6. noun. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
7. noun. placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

   Synonyms: impounding, impoundment, internment

8. noun. weight expressed in pounds
9. noun. a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
10. noun. a charge based on weight measured in pounds

Synonyms

impounding, impoundment, internment

Common word forms

poundages

Words from these letters

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