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Synonyms for poundage

Grammar : Noun
Spell : poun-dij
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpaʊn dɪdʒ

Top 10 synonyms for poundage
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Définition of poundage

Origin :
  • late 14c., "tax per pound;" 1903 as "weight;" from pound (n.1) + -age.
  • As in weight : noun heaviness
  • As in weight : noun something used to measure heaviness
  • As in preponderancy : noun weight
Example sentences :
  • Another method of taxation was what was called tonnage and poundage.
  • Extract from : « Charles I » by Jacob Abbott
  • For instance, tunnage and poundage were appropriated for naval defenses.
  • Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
  • He expected tonnage and poundage for the Navy for life, as was the custom.
  • Extract from : « Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. » by S. A. Reilly
  • At the same time the tonnage and poundage money was applied to the benefit of the Royal Navy.
  • Extract from : « How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Now that the session was drawing to a close the Commons again proposed to grant Tonnage and Poundage for a year only.
  • Extract from : « A Student's History of England, v. 2 (of 3) » by Samuel R. Gardiner.
  • He levied those duties of tonnage and poundage, and increased them as he thought fit.
  • Extract from : « A Child's History of England » by Charles Dickens
  • He was sent to the Tower for his support of the resolution against "tonnage and poundage," in 1629.
  • Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) » by Augustus de Morgan
  • Other customs payable upon exports and imports are distinguished into subsidies, tonnage, poundage, and other imposts.
  • Extract from : « Commentaries on the Laws of England » by William Blackstone
  • Poundage, or a shilling a pound, was not regularly granted the kings for life till the reign of Henry V.
  • Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. » by David Hume
  • Who would have thought that the old skinny marink would have put on all that poundage?
  • Extract from : « Famous Flyers » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)

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