scavage
scavage noun: a tax on non-resident merchant goods by city officials for resident merchant advantage, similar to a tariff.
Noun
scavage (countable and uncountable, plural scavages)
Verb
scavage (third-person singular simple present scavages, present participle scavaging, simple past and past participle scavaged)
Forms of scavage
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | scavages |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | scavages |
| present participle | scavaging |
| past participle | scavaged |
| past | scavaged |
Origin of scavage
From Middle English scavage, schevage, schewage, from Anglo-Norman escavage, escauwage, alteration of earlier escauvinghe (“scavage”), from Middle English shewing, schewing (“inspection, examination, show”), from Old English sċēawung (“a looking at, seeing, contemplation, consideration, respect, regard, reconnoitering, surveying, inspection, examination, scrutiny, a spectacle, show, appearance, pretence, a showing, exhibiting, manifestation, toll on exposure of goods”), equivalent to show + -ing. Doublet of shewage.
Back-formation from scavager.
Questions about scavage
- What does scavage mean?
- Scavage means a tax on non-resident merchant goods by city officials for resident merchant advantage, similar to a tariff.
- What part of speech is scavage?
- Scavage can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of scavage?
- The plural of scavage is scavages.
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