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poundage

/poun-dij/US // ˈpaʊn dɪdʒ //UK // (ˈpaʊndɪdʒ) //

磅数,斤两,斤数,镑数

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a tax, commission, rate, etc., of so much per pound sterling or per pound weight.
    • : weight in pounds.

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Examples

  • He's right that it's "ridiculous" to assume that his poundage precluded a race for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

  • At the same time the tonnage and poundage money was applied to the benefit of the Royal Navy.

  • This was called the sheriffs poundage, and often amounted to large sums—as much as 97 odd in one case which is cited by Mr. Neild.

  • Handicapped as he was by lack of poundage, Dublin's pet lamb made up for it by superlative skill in ringcraft.

  • The raising of tonnage and poundage without a parliamentary grant was declared illegal.

  • Differences had arisen over the substitution by the former of the share system for the old plan of payment by wages and poundage.