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Poundage Common

Origin: French suffix -age

Poundage has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a charge based on weight measured in pounds

2

a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals

3

weight expressed in pounds

4

placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law

5

a charge based on the weight of something in pounds

6

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

Verb
1

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

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
charge fee weight seizure
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
drug bust
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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