pontage

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

References

• “pontage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• eptagon

French

Etymology

From pont +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃.taʒ/

• Audio:

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Noun

pontage m (plural pontages)

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

Further reading

• “pontage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.