primage
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
Archaic; Countable; Uncountable
noun
An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
British usage; Archaic; Countable; Uncountable
noun
An additional import duty levied by customs.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "By the bill of lading the maſter undertakes to deliver the goods on payment of freight with primage and average accuſtomed."
- "1932, E. T. McPhee (Commonwealth Statistician), Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia: No. 25 - 1932, The rate of primage duty was subsequently increased to 4 per cent. as from the 6th November, 1930."
- "Of these temperatures, only one, the second, indicates primage; all others exhibit a slight superheat."
Etymology
From Late Latin primagium. (The French word post-dates the English.)