Stumpage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stumpage is a noun meaning Trees and other standing timber, treated as a commodity.
Meaning
Trees and other standing timber, treated as a commodity.
More Meanings
- The value of this timber.
- The right to fell such timber.
- The fee for the right to fell such timber.
Example Sentences
C. S. Sargent Only trees above a certain size are allowed to be cut by loggers buying stumpage from the owners of land.
The cost of getting logs from the stump to the various sawmills, including cutting, hauling, driving, boomage, shorage, tolls, and other expenses, is, on an average, from $8 to $8.50 per 1000 feet. The average cost of stumpage is $2
Word Forms
- stumpages
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include logging, mower, cutter, deck, felling, harvesting.
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