poundage

About 0.10 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A charge based on the weight of something in pounds.
2. noun A charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling.
3. noun A weight measured in pounds.
4. noun Weight, especially body weight.

   Eating less chocolate may help you lose a little poundage.

5. verb To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
6. noun a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
7. noun the keeping of an animal in a pound

Similar words

internment impoundment impounding pound poundworth pounder poundkeeper pfund ship-pound weight

Often followed by

of for and on was without to were in

Word family

poundages