Primage

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

Full definition of primage

Noun

1. (archaic) A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
• 1818, John Adolphus, The Political State of the British Empire, Volume 3, %22primages%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DXfsT_ymBfCZiAfc7dnkBQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22primage%22|%22primages%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 197,By the bill of lading the maÅ¿ter undertakes to deliver the goods on payment of freight with primage and average accuÅ¿tomed.
2. (archaic, UK) An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
3. (Australia, New Zealand) An additional import duty levied by customs.
• 1932, E. T. McPhee (Commonwealth Statistician), Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia: No. 25 - 1932,The rate of primage duty was subsequently increased to 4 per cent. as from the 6th November, 1930.

From prime + -age.

Noun

1. (engineering, rare) Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).
• 1883, Emory Edwards, Modern American Locomotive Engines: Their Design, Construction and Management, %22primages%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22primage%22|%22primages%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DXfsT_ymBfCZiAfc7dnkBQ&redir_esc=y page 75,Of these temperatures, only one, the second, indicates primage; all others exhibit a slight superheat.

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