Noun:

टपाल,

pontage's Usage Examples:

Tolls were levied on goods passing through the town as pontage and pavage for the maintenance of the bridge and road; in 1282, for example.

the abbey the right to levy a toll on goods passing over the bridge as pontage – a charge intended to finance the repair and maintenance of the bridge.

In 1369, when there was a grant of pontage on "Grauntpount", the structure was said to be "so dangerous as to be well.

England and Wales (1870–72) all users of the bridge were required to pay a pontage to cross.

In April 1325 Buildwas Abbey obtained a second grant of pontage for three years from Edward II.

In 1297 a grant of pontage for the charge of tolls for repairs to the bridge was awarded and a replacement.

the repair of the bridge, and from 1372 tolls were authorised under the pontage system.

Petersfield freedom from toll, stallage, picage, pannage, murage, and pontage throughout the realm of England.

before 1252, when the bailiff and men of the town received a grant of pontage for one year towards its repairs.

In 1444 the villagers of Chiselhampton were granted pontage: the right to levy a toll to maintain the bridge.

On 17 March 1318 the king granted the abbey the right to levy a toll on goods passing over the bridge as pontage – a charge intended to finance the repair and maintenance of the bridge.

preponderance, preponderate pons pont- bridge pons, pontage, pontic, pontile, pontine, pontonier, pontoon, punt populus popul- depopulate, depopulation.

set of taxes that could be raised by the towns included murage for walls, pavage for streets, and pontage, a temporary tax for the repair of bridges.