Poundage /(?)/

Pound·age

Poundage

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.]
  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. (Law)

Poundage

v. t.
  1. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [R.]

Poundage

n.
  1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
  2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.