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poundage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | impounding, impoundment, internment |
| Type of | seizure |
| Has types | drug bust, drugs bust |
| Derivation | pound |
poundage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | charge |
poundage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fee |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | weight |
Examples of poundage
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Overweight consumers should be offered incentives to help lose the extra poundage.
From the latimes.com
While your feelings are understandable, you would have nothing to gain but poundage.
From the stltoday.com
Reducing backpack poundage will prevent any serious back pain in the future.
From the sciencedaily.com
A top prize of $10,000 will go to the team that brings in the most poundage.
From the dailyherald.com
What can parents do to protect their children from the dangers of too much poundage?
From the time.com
In the case of Martin, part of his lost poundage was to ease the stress on his knees.
From the denverpost.com
But you get more poundage for your effort when you catch a homely halibut.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It had a curb weight, poundage minus passengers and cargo, of 3,815 pounds.
From the washingtonpost.com
User sets dial to needed weight and unit picks up appropriate poundage.
From the online.wsj.com
- A charge based on weight measured in pounds
- A fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
- Impoundment: placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
- In English law, poundage was an ad valorem customs duty imposed on imports and exports at the rate of 1 shilling for every pound of goods imported or exported.Higgs, Henry. Palgrave's Dictionary of Political Economy, Macmillan & Co. Ltd., London, 1926, p.548.
- Draw weight of a bow.
- Poundage is a fee paid by the obligor to cover
- The amount of weight that you use in an exercise, whether that weight is on a barbell, dumbbell, or exercise machine.
- The amount of the weight of the barbell, the collars and the weights that are on barbell.
- A percentage or allowance of a portion of money paid into court, held by the officer for payment to the municipality
