Sentence examples for poundage from inspiring English sources

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poundage

noun

A charge based on the weight of something in pounds

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The House of Commons now objected both to what it called the revival of "popish practices" in the churches and to the levying of tonnage and poundage by the king's officers without its consent.

The traditional lifelong grant of tonnage and poundage was thus withheld from Charles so that reform could be considered.

But before he could do so, two hotheaded members physically restrained the speaker while the Three Resolutions (1629), condemning the collection of tonnage and poundage as well as the doctrine and practice of Arminianism, were introduced.

Thus antagonism soon arose between the new king and the Commons, and Parliament refused to vote him the right to levy tonnage and poundage (customs duties) except on conditions that increased its powers, though this right had been granted to previous monarchs for life.

For sheer poundage Adam Levin's 1,000-page The Instructions took the prize for weightiest first book and the most experimental.

Lifters are allowed three attempts in each lift at weights of their own choosing, and the highest poundage in each category is added to produce a total, thereby determining the winner in each weight class.

Mayweather is unbeaten in 39 fights and has operated close to the fight's chosen poundage of 144 pounds for six years, which will give him a massive advantage over Marquez.

Age: 23 Position: Outside centre Club: Wasps Caps: 0 Talking of small midfielders, the man from Croydon weighs in at around 15st – well shy of Manu Tuilagi's poundage, for example.

Mako and Billy should make a splash for England, given their combined poundage – but might they be outperformed by the Gray brothers from Scotland?

"Bath get away with fielding a small midfield because they have two big wings who hold the opposition defence," said the recently departed England coach, adding that as the red-rose wings were tiddlers by comparison, he needed some serious poundage at centre.

The experiment with Perenise lasted all of half an hour, James replacing the Samoan at an embarrassingly early juncture, and from that point on, Saracens found themselves in a contest at the set-piece – one Bath dominated after the break when Attwood brought his serious poundage to bear on proceedings.

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