stallage
stallage noun: the erection and use of a stall at a fair or market.
Noun
stallage (countable and uncountable, plural stallages)
- The erection and use of a stall at a fair or market.
- The dues levied for the erection and use of a stall at a fair or market.
- Stallage and the like payments are made in respect of some user of the soil beyond the mere entry into the market; for no one has a right to erect a stall or appropriate part of the market place as a standing without making a satisfaction for it to the owner of the soil […]1899, Joseph Gerald Pease, Herbert Chitty, A treatise on the law of markets and fairs with the principal statutes relating thereto, Knight and Co., page 63
- dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw
Forms of stallage
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Origin of stallage
From stall + -age? Compare Old French estallange, of German origin.
Questions about stallage
- What does stallage mean?
- Stallage means the erection and use of a stall at a fair or market.
- What part of speech is stallage?
- Stallage is a noun.
- What is the plural of stallage?
- The plural of stallage is stallages.
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