Bible Dictionaries
Poundage

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.

(2):

(v. t.) To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.

(3):

(n.) A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.

(4):

(n.) 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.

(5):

(n.) A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.

(6):

(n.) A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Poundage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/poundage.html. 1828.