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quarterage

quarterage noun: a quarterly payment or allowance, tax, pension, or wage paid or received.

Noun

quarterage (countable and uncountable, plural quarterages)

  1. A quarterly payment or allowance, tax, pension, or wage paid or received.
  2. The provision of quarters (as for troops), or the cost of it.

Forms of quarterage

pluralquarterages

Origin of quarterage

From quarter + -age.

Questions about quarterage

What does quarterage mean?
Quarterage means a quarterly payment or allowance, tax, pension, or wage paid or received.
What part of speech is quarterage?
Quarterage is a noun.
What is the plural of quarterage?
The plural of quarterage is quarterages.

Words near quarterage in the dictionary

  1. quarter-wavelength films
  2. quarter-witted
  3. quarter-yearly
  4. quarter-zip
  5. quarter-zips
  6. quarterage
  7. quarterages
  8. quarterback
  9. quarterbacked
  10. quarterbacking
  11. quarterbacks

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