primage
/prahy-mij/US // ˈpraɪ mɪdʒ //UK // (ˈpraɪmɪdʒ) //
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Definitions
n.名词 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.
Examples
Five thousand dollars there was, and I sent it to the widow along with his primage.
They sailed for nominal wages and primage, or five per cent of the gross freight paid the vessel.
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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