Crossword-Solution: POUNDAGE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Poundage | n. | A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission. |
| Poundage | 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. |
| Poundage | 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. |
| Poundage | v. t. | To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. |
| Poundage | n. | Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound. |
| Poundage | n. | A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle. |
We have 17 clues for the answer “POUNDAGE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals | 1 answer |
| Weight charge | 1 answer |
| Scale measurement | 1 answer |
| COMMISSION on money transaction | 1 answer |
| Heft | 9 answers |
| hulk | 12 answers |
| Merchant ship | 14 answers |
| tonnage | 14 answers |
| Galley | 29 answers |
| Heaviness | 42 answers |
| Great Number | 43 answers |
| size | 43 answers |
| BULK ___ | 45 answers |
| Fee | 54 answers |
| Vessel | 60 answers |
| Hunk | 60 answers |
| Weight | 70 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAEER
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Sentences with POUNDAGE (5)
The next merry and pleasant piece of business was, for the Parliament, in the humblest manner, to give him one million two hundred thousand pounds a year, and to settle upon him for life that old disputed tonnage and poundage which had been so bravely fought for.
First, and most ostensibly, to see to the levying of poundage in the little haven of Lynmouth, and farther up the coast, which was now becoming a place of resort for the folk whom we call smugglers, that is to say, who land their goods without regard to King's revenue as by law established.
This brought greater poundage on her forehand and made her apt to stumble or actually miss her step, but it increased her running power.
And here let me take notice of one very heinous abuse, not to say petty felony, which is practised in most of the great families about town, which is, when the tradesman gives the house-keeper or other commanding servant a penny or twopence in the shilling, or so much in the pound, for everything they send in, and which, from thence, is called poundage.
The King had continued, in direct violation of the Petition of Right, to raise tonnage and poundage without the consent of Parliament.
Quotes with POUNDAGE (2)
Although he never speaks of how or what or why, I know that his childhood was difficult, that his parents broke his heart. Books and excess poundage are his insulation against pain.
I'm still a size 10, but it's the toning that's getting me down, and I think it can only get more difficult as I get older. Either one gets very thin and scrawny, or one puts on poundage; I'm definitely not going to pile on the pounds, so I can expect to end up scrawny.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, Crossroads, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (2000–2017).