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primage

American

[prahy-mij] / ˈpraɪ mɪdʒ /

noun

a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.

primage British

/ ˈpraɪmɪdʒ /

noun

tax added to customs duty

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Etymology

Origin of primage

1530–40; < Anglo-Latin primāgium; prime, -age

Example Sentences

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A word sometimes used for primage, or the trifling payment received by the master of a ship for care of goods.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Five thousand dollars there was, and I sent it to the widow along with his primage.

From Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches by Jewett, Sarah Orne

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