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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Tolls, again, are sometimes held to include “stallage” and “picage,” which mean respectively the price for permission to erect stalls and to dig holes for posts in the market grounds.
From Project Gutenberg
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 Project Gutenberg
Location Of Some Of The Principal Fairs In The Thirteenth Century Tolls were collected for the advantage of the lord of the fair from all goods as they were brought into or taken out from the bounds of the fair, or at the time of their sale; stallage was paid for the rent of booths, fees were charged for the use of space, and for using the lord's weights and scales.
From Project Gutenberg
The traders had to pay toll on all the goods which they brought to the fair, in addition to the payment of stallage or rent for the ground on which they displayed their merchandise, and also a charge on all the goods they sold.
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