Definition of poundage

• n. - A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
• 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.
• 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.
• v. t. - To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
• n. - Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
• n. - A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.