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lowages

lowages is the plural of lowage.

Meaning of lowage

Noun

lowage (countable and uncountable, plural lowages)

  1. (archaic) A charge on shipping.
    • […] granted and assigned all their loadenage or lowage, and stowage, now called primage, dues, inward or outward of the said port […]1840, The parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales. 4 vols. : "Kingston-Upon-Hull" - 'Trinity House Guild', p.575

Questions about lowages

What is lowages the plural of?
Lowages is the plural of lowage.

Words near lowages in the dictionary

  1. low-wing
  2. low-wire
  3. low-wires
  4. lowable
  5. lowage
  6. lowages
  7. lowan
  8. Lowana
  9. Lowanna
  10. lowans
  11. lowball

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