poundage

plural poundages

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

   Eating less chocolate may help you lose a little poundage.

   1 more example

   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

present singular third person poundages · participle present poundaging · participle past poundaged · past poundaged

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

plural poundages

1. countablea fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
2. uncountablethe keeping of an animal in a pound