noun
Etymology
Origin of factorage
Example Sentences
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The Revolution cut the connection between England and the Virginia planters, but the factorage system was not destroyed.
From Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" by Herndon, G. Melvin
Ten per cent factorage, freight, gabberage, key-porters, &c. all which is forty per cent, charged on the same. 17th.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Swift, Jonathan
The factorage system appears to have been introduced in Virginia around 1625, and was actually a part of the consignment system.
From Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" by Herndon, G. Melvin
The mercantile profit on fifty millions of merchandise, added to the agency and factorage of the Southern products transmitted to pay for them, will be at least twenty per cent.
From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick
The bales he spoke of lay on the deck, and showing them to me, he said: 'There are the goods; I hope you will take care to sell them, and you shall have factorage.'
From The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales by Parrish, Maxfield
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