Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quarterage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quar-ter-age
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quarterly payment or allowance, tax, pension, or wage paid or received.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The provision of quarters (as for troops), or the cost of it.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English quarter Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English quarterage From quarter + -age.

Usage

Inflected Forms

quarterages (plural)

Questions

What does quarterage mean?: A quarterly payment or allowance, tax, pension, or wage paid or received.
Where does quarterage come from?: Etymology tree English quarter Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English quarterage From quarter + -age.

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