English Explanatory Dictionary

primage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
  2. An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
  3. An additional import duty levied by customs.
noun
  1. Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).

Word forms

primage primages

Etymology

From Late Latin primagium. (The French word post-dates the English.)

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