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noun
A charge based on the weight of something in pounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A weight measured in pounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Weight, especially body weight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
the keeping of an animal in a pound
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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verb
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: impoundment, impounding, internment
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Broader terms: seizure
Narrower terms: drug bust, drugs bust
noun
weight expressed in pounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: weight
noun
a fee charged for the recovery of impounded animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fee
noun
a charge based on weight measured in pounds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: charge
History
Etymology tree English pound Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English poundage From pound + -age.
