Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small sum of money formerly paid over and above the freight to the master of a ship for his care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the ship-owner. Also called
hat-money . - noun The amount of water carried over in steam from a steam-boiler by foaming, lifting, and atomizing of the water. See
priming . - noun A duty of one per cent. imposed by the Victorian Parliament 1803–95, on the prime, or first entry of goods.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Com.) A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called
hat money ), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun engineering, rare
Droplets of watersuspended in steam (especially in thecylinder of asteam engine ). - noun archaic A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.
- noun archaic, UK An
import duty levied by aguild ofharbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne). - noun Australia, New Zealand An additional import duty levied by
customs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Not being paid by the month but by primage on the freight, he was a veritable "driver," and lost no opportunity to urge his vessel ahead, even at the risk of starting
Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper
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Besides their primage they owned shares in their vessels, a thirty-second or so, and presently their settlement at the end of a voyage coastwise amounted to an income of a thousand dollars a month.
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They sailed for nominal wages and primage, or five per cent of the gross freight paid the vessel.
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Besides their primage they owned shares in their vessels, a thirty-second or so, and presently their settlement at the end of a voyage coastwise amounted to an income of a thousand dollars a month.
The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors Ralph Delahaye Paine 1898
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They sailed for nominal wages and primage, or five per cent of the gross freight paid the vessel.
The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors Ralph Delahaye Paine 1898
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However, membership drives had built up the numbers and a stronger voice was available for dealings with the government on matters such as the imposition of sales tax (1933), the customs charge of primage (1935) and censorship.
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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Five thousand dollars there was, and I sent it to the widow along with his primage.
Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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Col.P. regrets the delay of ship New - port for Algiers; the primage shall be determined by referees, and their award paid.
chained_bear commented on the word primage
"Primage, in maritime affairs, is a certain allowance paid by the shipper or consignee of goods, to the mariners and master of a merchant vessel for loading the same.... In some places it is a penny in the pound; in others sixpence for every pack or bale, or otherwise according to the custom of the place."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 352–353
October 13, 2008