Primage Definition

noun
(archaic) A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
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(archaic, UK) An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne).

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(Australia, New Zealand) An additional import duty levied by customs.

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(engineering, rare) Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).

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Other Word Forms of Primage

Noun

Singular:
primage
Plural:
primages

Origin of Primage

  • From Late Latin primagium. (The French word post-dates the English.)

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  • From prime +‎ -age.

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