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countable and uncountable, plural poundages
(countable) a charge based on the weight of something in pounds examples
(countable) a charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling examples
(countable) a weight measured in pounds examples
(uncountable) weight, especially body weight quotations examples
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.
2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times
third-person singular simple present poundages, present participle poundaging, simple past and past participle poundaged
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. examples
(countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release examples
(uncountable) the keeping of an animal in a pound examples