stumpage
Americannoun
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standing timber with reference to its value.
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the value of such timber.
noun
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standing timber or its value
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the right to fell timber on another person's land
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a tax or royalty payable on each tree felled, esp on crown land
Etymology
Origin of stumpage
Example Sentences
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He said stumpage prices — the price timber companies pay for the right to harvest trees — remains up about 25% from last year.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2022
Among the kinds of property he had sold Bishop Cannon listed "houses and lots, timber stumpage, coal, cotton and bank stocks and stocks and bonds listed on the New York Stock Exchange."
From Time Magazine Archive
Toward the lakeside the slopes were alternately tree covered and of raw stumpage where the timber had recently been cut.
From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Grace Brooks Hill
I told him I’d take his stumpage contract away, and this is how he is getting back.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
He strode back and forth behind Barrett’s stool, and gazed down upon the stumpage king’s bent back.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
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