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poundage
(encz) | poundage,poplatek za libru váhy n: Zdeněk Brož |
Poundage
(gcide) | Poundage \Pound"age\, n.
1. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for
each pound; a commission.
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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.
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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.
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Poundage
(gcide) | Poundage \Pound"age\, v. t.
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
[R.]
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Poundage
(gcide) | Poundage \Pound"age\, n. [See 3d Pound.]
1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public
pound.
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2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
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poundage
(wn) | poundage
n 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 [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment,
poundage] |
POUNDAGE
(bouvier) | POUNDAGE, practice. The amount allowed to the sheriff, or other officer, for
commissions on, the money made by virtue of an execution. This allowance
varies in different states, and to different officers.
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poundage
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Impoundage
(gcide) | Impoundage \Im*pound"age\ ([i^]m*pound"[asl]j), n.
1. The act of impounding, or the state of being impounded.
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2. The fee or fine for impounding.
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poundage
(wn) | poundage
n 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 [syn: impoundment, impounding, internment,
poundage] |
POUNDAGE
(bouvier) | POUNDAGE, practice. The amount allowed to the sheriff, or other officer, for
commissions on, the money made by virtue of an execution. This allowance
varies in different states, and to different officers.
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