Poundage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Poundage is a noun meaning (countable) A charge based on the weight of something in pounds.
Meaning
(countable) A charge based on the weight of something in pounds.
More Meanings
- (countable) A charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling.
- (countable) A weight measured in pounds.
- (uncountable) Weight, especially body weight.
- To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
- (countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
- (uncountable) the keeping of an animal in a pound
Example Sentences
Eating less chocolate may help you lose a little poundage.
Saturday, he was at the center. And amid a day of carefully staged celebration, he looked somber, even weighed down by it. Each piece of royal hardware presented to him during his installation — orb, bejeweled sword, robes upon robes — seemed to add psychic poundage.
Word Forms
- poundages
- poundaging
- poundaged
Synonyms for poundage
Depending on context, synonyms include internment, impoundment, impounding.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include internment, impoundment, impounding, pound, poundworth, pounder.
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