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lastage

lastage noun: a duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.

Noun

lastage (countable and uncountable, plural lastages)

  1. (obsolete) A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
  2. (obsolete) A tax on wares sold by the last.
    • The better regulation of lastage and ballastage in the Thames.1759, Annual Register[?]
  3. (obsolete) The lading of a ship; ballast.
    • All maner of shyppes[…]shall brynge with them all theyr lastage of good stones.1543, Act 21, (Please provide the book title or journal name), translation of original by Richard II of England
  4. (obsolete) Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.

Forms of lastage

plurallastages

Origin of lastage

From lestage (“ballasting”), from lest (“ballast”), or Latin lastagium, lestagium. See last (“a load”).

Questions about lastage

What does lastage mean?
Lastage means a duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
What part of speech is lastage?
Lastage is a noun.
What is the plural of lastage?
The plural of lastage is lastages.

Words near lastage in the dictionary

  1. last-time
  2. last-to-last
  3. last-wordism
  4. lastability
  5. lastable
  6. lastage
  7. lastages
  8. lastborn
  9. lastborns
  10. laste
  11. lasted

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