poundage

How heavy something

Poundage is weight measured in pounds: The poundage of checked luggage has crept up over the years.

It can refer to a fee or tax calculated per pound of weight or currency.

Informally, poundage means excess body weight: I need to lose some poundage before summer.

weight

kilogram

Base unit of mass

gramMetric mass unit
ounceOne-sixteenth of a pound
tonHeavy mass unit

stone · scale · weigh-in · heaviness · heftiness · avoirdupois · milligram · carat · metric · imperial

fee

charge

Cost or accusation

levyCompulsory government charge
tollFee for passage
dutyRequired moral task

tariff · surcharge · commission · brokerage · handling · storage · dockage · wharfage · anchorage · percentage

livestock

cattle

Domesticated bovines kept commercially

slaughterKilling for meat
meatAnimal tissue for food
carcassSlaughtered animal's body

yield · beef · hog · market · sale · auction · feedlot · finishing · gain · dressed

fishing

catch

Seize or snag

haulPull or carry laboriously
trophyAward for winning
bassDeep pitch or fish

carp · pike · salmon · tuna · marlin · angler · record · landed · netted · tournament

Categories

weightkilogram, kilograms, gram, grams, ounce
loadsload, armload, boatload, busload, carload
bow specsdraw weight, let-off, string length, cam timing, tiller
Tudor GovernmentHouse of Commons, House of Lords, Star Chamber, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII
taxationtax, income tax, sales tax, tax return, tax refund

Opposites

weight/mass quantity

poundageweightlessness

Absence of apparent mass

lightness · featherweight · airiness · insubstantiality · slimness

measurement system

poundagekilos

Metric weight units

grams · tonnage

BODY COMPOSITION (informal usage)

poundageleanness

State of being thin

slimness · thinness · muscle definition · skinniness · trimness

Family

pound, pounding, pounded, pounds, compounded, compounding, pounder, impounded, compounder

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