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poundage en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (countable) A charge based on the weight of something in pounds.
  2. (countable) A charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling.
  3. (countable) A weight measured in pounds.
  4. (uncountable) Weight, especially body weight.
    • 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. 2023 May 6, James Poniewozik, “Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?”, in The New York Times:

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poundages Number=Plur lexicographic

poundage en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.

Forms

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poundaged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
poundaged Tense=Past lexicographic
poundaging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
poundages Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

poundage en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (countable) a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
  2. (uncountable) the keeping of an animal in a pound

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poundages Number=Plur lexicographic