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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Men's extra poundage is usually in the stomach area.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Blackwell and Deane received a basic salary plus poundage according to the level of military spending.
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First, a variation in rate poundage across the country did not necessarily imply a corresponding variation in rates actually paid.
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His authority is total and in effect the tax rate, the poundage , is a national tax, locally varied.
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Neither is buoyant as a source of revenue, without unpopular increases in poundage or amounts.
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Never again did he balloon to dangerous proportions, but his battle with unwanted poundage proved to be a lifelong struggle.
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The amount each business pays is the rateable value multiplied by the rate poundage .
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The rate poundage is set by local councils and for Oxford in 1989-90 it is 291.1p in the pound.
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The rate is then expressed as a poundage on the rateable value.