POUNDAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poundage mean? 

• POUNDAGE (noun)
  The noun POUNDAGE has 4 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: POUNDAGE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POUNDAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A charge based on weight measured in pounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("poundage" is a kind of...):

charge (the price charged for some article or service)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("poundage" is a kind of...):

fee (a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Weight expressed in pounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("poundage" is a kind of...):

weight (the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

impounding; impoundment; internment; poundage

Hypernyms ("poundage" is a kind of...):

seizure (the taking possession of something by legal process)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poundage"):

drug bust; drugs bust (seizure of illegal drugs by the police)

Derivation:

pound (shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits)

 Context examples 

The lesson had comprised part of the reign of Charles I., and there were sundry questions about tonnage and poundage and ship- money, which most of them appeared unable to answer; still, every little difficulty was solved instantly when it reached Burns: her memory seemed to have retained the substance of the whole lesson, and she was ready with answers on every point.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)