1. fees or commissions calculated as a percentage or fixed amount per pound of weight or value
Usage: business; commerce
2. amounts of weight measured in pounds

Examples

• The shipping company charges different poundages based on package weight.
• Storage fees include poundages for items over fifty pounds.
• The warehouse calculated poundages for all incoming freight.
• Different poundages apply to various categories of goods.
• The contract specified poundages for handling oversized items.
• Monthly poundages were added to the total storage costs.