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Pound"age (?), n. 1. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
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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.
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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.
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Pound"age, v. t. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [R.]
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Pound"age, n. [See 3d Pound.] 1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
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2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
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