poundage
verbEtymology From pound + -age.
1
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
poundage
nounEtymology From pound + -age.
1
A charge based on the weight of something in pounds.
2
A charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling.
3
A weight measured in pounds.
4
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: