Pontage

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pontage \Pon"tage\ (?; 48), n. [LL. pontagium, from L. pons,
     pontis, a bridge: cf. F. pontage.] (O. Eng. Law)
     A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges. --Ayliffe.
     [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:



  PONTAGE. A contribution towards the maintenance, rebuilding or repairs of a 
  bridge. The toll taken for this purpose also bears this name. Obsolete.