Primage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Primage is a noun meaning (Australia, New Zealand) An additional import duty levied by customs.
Meaning
(Australia, New Zealand) An additional import duty levied by customs.
More Meanings
- (engineering, rare) Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).
- (archaic) A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
- (archaic, UK) An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
Example Sentences
Of these temperatures, only one, the second, indicates primage; all others exhibit a slight superheat.
By the bill of lading the maſter undertakes to deliver the goods on payment of freight with primage and average accuſtomed.
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.
Word Forms
- primages
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prepayment, prame, prest, prog, foregift, primitia.
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