| 单词 | pound fee |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspound fee pound fee n. a fee paid to secure the release of cattle or goods from a pound. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > ransom > [noun] > fee for release from pound poundlanec1280 poundlaw1541 poindlaw1553 poundage1554 pound fee1829 1829 G. Griffin Collegians III. xxxi. 3 Liberating an unruly pig, after payment of pound fees. 1878 A. Aylward Transvaal of To-day (1881) ii. 27 English settlers have been known in a poor neighbourhood to live almost entirely from pound-fees and mileage, earned by continual..intermeddling with their neighbours' herds. 1964 W. Faulkner Hamlet 242 Demand a pound fee on the cow as a stray. 2005 Pueblo (Colorado) Chieftain (Nexis) 6 Apr. The primary changes would be to require rabies vaccination of cats and an increase in pound fees for animals picked up as strays. < as lemmas |
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