stallage
Americannoun
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the right to set up a stall in a fair or market.
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rent paid for such a stall.
Etymology
Origin of stallage
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-Latin stallāgium, Anglo-French estalage. See stall 1, -age
Example Sentences
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The law also provided that stallage might be levied on any house situated in the vicinity of a market, and kept open for business during the legal term of the said market.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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