a sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.-a subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.-the sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in england, and formerly in the united states, at so much of the pound.-to collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.-confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.-a charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.