meaning of poundage

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.
3.
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.
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
5.
Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
6.
A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
7.
placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law


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