linage

American  

[lahy-nij] / ˈlaɪ nɪdʒ /

Or lineage

noun

1. the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.

2. the amount charged, paid, or received per printed line, as of a magazine article or short story.

3. Archaic. alignment.

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linage British  

/ ˈlaɪnɪdʒ /

noun

1. the number of lines in a piece of written or printed matter

2. payment for written material calculated according to the number of lines

3. a less common word for alignment

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Etymology

Origin of linage

First recorded in 1880–85; line ¹ + -age

Example Sentences

Now that actor Joe Dempsie has returned to the game, it’s time to look at the mysterious linage of Gendry, the bastard of King Robert Baratheon.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2017

The New York-based playwright Kristoffer Diaz knows this bleak linage well.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2015

Our deadline’s near, so off we go, Ignoring tweets and vertigo, Counting beats and storing linage, Melding Keats and major signage: Names and rhymes and scenes of winter, Parties, Magi—hit the printer!

From The New Yorker • Dec. 14, 2009

In just ten weeks, circulation has risen to 49,000 and advertising linage has increased an estimated 10� over last year.

From Time Magazine Archive

And yet saith this Pamphilus, moreover, that they that ben bond and thrall of linage shuln be made worthy and noble by riches.

From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest