poundage
Collocations
2ADJ.
little
VERB + POUNDAGE
lose
Definitions
noun
A charge based on the weight of something in pounds.
A charge based on the value of something in pounds sterling.
A weight measured in pounds.
Weight, especially body weight.
Eating less chocolate may help you lose a little poundage.
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.
verb
To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
noun
a fee charged for keeping an animal in a pound, or for its release
the keeping of an animal in a pound
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Synonyms
noun — placing private property in the custody of an officer of the
- impoundment
- impounding
- internment
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
2Eating less chocolate may help you lose a little poundage.
WiktionarySaturday, 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,
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