Meaning of Poundage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A charge based on the weight of something in pounds.
   countable
2. a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
   countable
3. A charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling.
   countable
4. the keeping of an animal in a pound
   uncountable
5. A weight measured in pounds.
   countable
6. Weight, especially body weight.
   uncountable

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Examples

“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.”

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