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lastages

lastages is the plural of lastage.

Meaning of lastage

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.

Questions about lastages

What is lastages the plural of?
Lastages is the plural of lastage.

Words near lastages in the dictionary

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

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