n. 以一英镑收取的佣金, 以磅计费数, 以磅计数的重量

[法] 磅税, 待领场, 家畜赎领费

Poundage \Pound"age\, 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.


Poundage \Pound"age\, v. t.
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
[R.]


Poundage \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.