poundage

== English == === Etymology 1 === From pound + -age. ==== Noun ==== poundage (countable and uncountable, plural poundages) (countable) A charge based on the weight of something in pounds. (countable) A charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling. (countable) A weight measured in pounds. (uncountable) Weight, especially body weight. ==== Verb ==== poundage (third-person singular simple present poundages, present participle poundaging, simple past and past participle poundaged) To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. === Etymology 2 === From pound + -age. ==== Noun ==== poundage (countable and uncountable, plural poundages) (countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release (uncountable) the keeping of an animal in a pound