pontage

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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pontage (countable and uncountable, plural pontages)

  1. (UK, law, obsolete) A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.
    • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. [], London: [] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe [], →OCLC:
      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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Anagrams

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French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Etymology

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From pont +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɔ̃.taʒ/
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Noun

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pontage m (plural pontages)

  1. (medicine) bypass (an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ)
  2. bridge-building

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