metage
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun Measurement, especially of coal.
- noun Charge for or price of measuring.
Examples
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The metage duty on coals which may belong to the Corporation after the year 1862, under 1 & 2 William IV., and 8 & 9 Victoria, is not to be affected by the present Bill; but he must be a confiding and unsuspecting individual who can trust to a long enjoyment of that source of income.
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The metage dues are therefore as much their property as an hereditary estate is that of its acknowledged proprietor.
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In the first place it is proposed to take away "all such right of metage of any grain, fruit, wares, or merchandise as the Corporation is entitled to by custom, charter, or otherwise."
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The first alludes to the immemorial right of the mayor and commonalty to the conservancy of the Thames, and to the metage of all coals, grain, salt, fruit, vegetables, and other merchandise sold by measure, delivered at the port of London.
Note
The word 'metage' is formed from 'mete' and '-age' and ultimately comes from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to measure, weigh'.
