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poundage
1. poundage at least, to the king
2. A poundage, indeed, was to be paid to the king upon such exportation; but all grain was rated so low in the book of rates, that this poundage amounted only, upon wheat to 1s
3. The other two branches were, first, a duty upon wine, which being imposed at so much a-ton, was called a tonnage; and, secondly, a duty upon all other goods, which being imposed at so much a-pound of their supposed value, was called a poundage
4. The duties of tonnage and poundage were generally granted to the king by one and the same act of parliament, and were called the subsidy of tonnage and poundage
5. The subsidy of poundage having continued for so long a time at one shilling in the pound, or at five per cent
6. for every twenty shillings value, according to the oath of the importer, that is, nearly at five subsidies, or five poundage duties
7. In 1708, those duties were all (except the old subsidy of tonnage and poundage, of which one moiety only was made a part of this fund, and a duty upon the importation of Scotch linen, which had been taken off by the articles of union) still further continued, as a fund for new loans, to the first of August 1714, and were called the fourth general mortgage or fund
8. In 1709, those duties were all ( except the old subsidy of tonnage and poundage, which was now left out of this fund altogether ) still further continued, for the same purpose, to the first of August 1716, and were called the fifth general mortgage or fund
9. After 10 weeks he will have raised the poundage, progressing from 10lb to 15lb
10. � Through research, he discovered that if ranchers raised fewer cattle per acre, they would raise larger cattle and would get more poundage with fewer cattle
11. health) that there is only one safe and effective way to achieve the correct poundage and to
12. Handicapped as he was by lack of poundage, Dublin's pet lamb made up for it by superlative skill in ringcraft
13. we didn’t have the power or the poundage to beat those other fellows
14. For besides that she never ransacked her customers, whose tastes too she ever studiously consulted, she never racked her pupils with unconscionable extortions, nor ever put their hard earnings, as she called them, under the contribution of poundage
15. , and there were sundry questions about tonnage and poundage and ship-money, which most of them appeared unable to answer; still, every little difficulty was solved instantly when it reached Burns: her memory seemed to have retained the substance of the whole lesson, and she was ready with answers on every point
