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housage

housage noun: a fee for storing goods in a house.

Noun

housage (countable and uncountable, plural housages)

  1. (historical, obsolete) A fee for storing goods in a house.
    • Warehouses were landed at the Wharfs and Warehouses of private Individuals, and that that was attended with the Loss to the Company of so much Wharfage and Housage1841 May 10, Francis Twemlow, Report on Sunday Trading on Canals […]

Forms of housage

pluralhousages

Origin of housage

From house + -age.

Questions about housage

What does housage mean?
Housage means a fee for storing goods in a house.
What part of speech is housage?
Housage is a noun.
What is the plural of housage?
The plural of housage is housages.

Words near housage in the dictionary

  1. hoursworth
  2. hourwise
  3. Hous.
  4. housability
  5. housable
  6. housage
  7. housages
  8. housane
  9. Housatonic
  10. Housden
  11. Housdens

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