primage

[ prahy-mij ]

noun

1. a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.

primage

/ ˈpraɪmɪdʒ /

noun

1. tax added to customs duty

Word History and Origins

Origin of primage¹

1530–40; < Anglo-Latin primāgium; prime, -age

Example Sentences

In the clause commonly found in bills of lading, ½primage and average accustomed,¸ average means a kind of composition established by usage for such charges, which were formerly assessed by way of average.

From Project Gutenberg

A word sometimes used for primage, or the trifling payment received by the master of a ship for care of goods.

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Primage, £3 9 0 Freight of 112 chests Tea on the Beaver, for Boston: feet.

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They sailed for nominal wages and primage, or five per cent of the gross freight paid the vessel.

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Besides their primage they owned shares in their vessels, a thirty-second or so, and presently their settlement at the end of a voyage coastwise amounted to an income of a thousand dollars a month.

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