Pound

pownd, n. A certain weight; 16 ounces avoir- dupois, or 12 Troy 20 shillings sterling = about $4.84. [AS. pund, L. pondo, a pound, pundus, a weight pendere, to weigh see Pendant.] — Pound'er, n. A thing named from a certain number of pounds. — Pound'age, n. In Eng., a subsidy of 12 pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and, if by aliens, more. (Law.) The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount made by virtue of an execution, — estimated in Eng., and formerly in the U. at so much on the pound.