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单词 poundage
释义 pound·age
I. \-ndij, -ndēj\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from pound (I) + -age
1.
 a. : a tax levied in pounds sterling
  < payment of a poundage on profits — A.R.Wagner >
 specifically : a subsidy of twelve pence per pound on exports and imports formerly granted to the crown
 b. : an agent's fee : commission
  < no poundage was charged for the orders — Manchester Guardian Weekly >
2.
 a. : a charge per pound of weight
  < letters forwarded on a poundage basis — Westminster Gazette >
 b. : weight in pounds
  < most of this poundage was around his middle — Herbert Asbury >
 specifically : the number of pounds of salt in a gallon or a cubic foot of brine
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: pound (VI) + -age
1. : the act of impounding or the state of being impounded
 < poundage of cattle >
 < knows … the poundage of every well's water — Lawrence Durrell >
2. : a fee charged for the release of an impounded animal
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