pontage C2 Topic:Law & Government Meanings 1 noun 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 Etymology From Latin pons, pontis (“a bridge”): compare French pontage. Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # pontage **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun ## Meanings 1. A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges. ## Examples - 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 ## Etymology From Latin pons, pontis (“a bridge”): compare French pontage. ## Topics - Law & Government markdown