What does primage mean?
Primage means (archaic) A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship..
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(archaic) A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship..
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.
Of these temperatures, only one, the second, indicates primage; all others exhibit a slight superheat.
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Primage means (archaic) A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship..
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By the bill of lading the maſter undertakes to deliver the goods on payment of freight with primage and average accuſtomed.
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