pontage

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pontage

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From Latin pons, pontis (“a bridge”): compare French pontage.

noun pontages

UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges. They pay no Toll for Goods which they have in Right of the Church , and were formerly by the common Law discharg'd from Pontage and Murage

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"pontage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pontage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{pontage_2026,
  title = {pontage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pontage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}