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primages

primages is the plural of primage.

Meaning of primage

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

Questions about primages

What is primages the plural of?
Primages is the plural of primage.

Words near primages in the dictionary

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

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