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primage

primage noun: a payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.

Noun (1)

primage (countable and uncountable, plural primages)

  1. (archaic) A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
    • By the bill of lading the maſter undertakes to deliver the goods on payment of freight with primage and average accuſtomed.1818, John Adolphus, The Political State of the British Empire, volume 3, page 197
  2. (UK, archaic) An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
  3. (Australia, New Zealand) An additional import duty levied by customs.
    • The rate of primage duty was subsequently increased to 4 per cent. as from the 6th November, 1930.1932, E. T. McPhee (Commonwealth Statistician), Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia: No. 25 - 1932

Noun (2)

primage (countable and uncountable, plural primages)

  1. (rare) Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).
    • Of these temperatures, only one, the second, indicates primage; all others exhibit a slight superheat.1883, Emory Edwards, Modern American Locomotive Engines: Their Design, Construction and Management, page 75

primage meaning in Tamil

primage in Tamil

கப்பல் சரக்குக் கட்டணமிகை

Forms of primage

pluralprimages

Origin of primage

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

From prime + -age.

Questions about primage

What does primage mean?
Primage means a payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
What is primage in Tamil?
Primage in Tamil is கப்பல் சரக்குக் கட்டணமிகை. See Primage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is primage?
Primage is a noun.
What is the plural of primage?
The plural of primage is primages.

Words near primage in the dictionary

  1. primaeval forest
  2. primaeval forests
  3. primaevality
  4. primaevally
  5. primaevalness
  6. primage
  7. primages
  8. Primakov
  9. primal
  10. primal horde
  11. primal hordes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: primage (page history and authors); primage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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