POUNDAGE

poundage. Poundage, n. a sum deducted from a pound, a fee

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Pound″age (?), n. 1. 1. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
2. 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. Blackstone.
3. 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.