Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
- 2noun
A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.
- 3noun
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.
- 4transitive verb
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
- 5noun
Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
- 6noun
A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
- 7noun
placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
Synonyms
- 8noun
weight expressed in pounds
- 9noun
a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
- 10noun
a charge based on weight measured in pounds
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