pontage

noun

1. A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

   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

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry pontage (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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