Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A toll or tax for the privilege of using a bridge, or a tax for the maintenance and repair of bridges.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, law, obsolete A
duty ortax paid forrepairing bridges .
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is needless to say, that the bridge-ward had usually the better in these questions, since he could at pleasure detain the traveller on the opposite side; or, suffering him to pass half way, might keep him prisoner in his tower till they were agreed on the rate of pontage.
The Monastery 2008
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First, that all marchants of the sayd kingdomes and countreys may come into our kingdome of England, and any where else into our dominion with their marchandises whatsoeuer safely and securely vnder our defence and protection without paying wharfage, pontage, or pannage.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Mon pire souvenir est celui de ma post-réanimation après un pontage coronarien en juillet.
Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert
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The burgesses are entitled, by the charter of Henry II., to have a GUILD MERCHANT, with the usual franchises annexed, of safe transit through the kingdom, exemption from toll, pontage, and stallage; liberty to buy and sell peaceably; and power to hold a guild for the renewal of freedom to the burgesses, the confirming of by-laws, and other purposes.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 470, January 8, 1831 Various
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Courts of Exchequer, asserting that the charges of pontage exacted on all barges passing under the bridge were unlawful, claiming exemption from all tolls by reason of a charter granted to the citizens of
Vanishing England 1892
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Moreover, this Abingdon Bridge was free to all persons, rich and poor alike, and no toll or pontage was demanded from those who would cross it.
Vanishing England 1892
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It is needless to say, that the bridge-ward had usually the better in these questions, since he could at pleasure detain the traveller on the opposite side; or, suffering him to pass half way, might keep him prisoner in his tower till they were agreed on the rate of pontage.
The Monastery Walter Scott 1801
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First, that all marchants of the sayd kingdomes and countreys may come into our kingdome of England, and any where else into our dominion with their marchandises whatsoeuer safely and securely vnder our defence and protection without paying wharfage, pontage, or pannage.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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And alfo impos'd a cultom or impofition of pontage for fundry yean upon fc* veral com modi rkt* and pn every cart, packhorfe, other carriages and pafl*eQg«ra» towards itsrepatrsf Krynnc's Antmadr. -on 4 inft.
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_pontage_ or temporary tolls previous to the year 1600.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 329, August 30, 1828 Various
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