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A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
Meaning & usage
A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
An additional import duty levied by customs.
Where this word comes from
From Late Latin primagium. (The French word post-dates the English.)
Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English prime Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English primage From prime + -age.
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