primage — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   By the bill of lading the maſter undertakes to deliver the goods on payment of freight with primage and average accuſtomed.

2. An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne).

   Usage

   • UK usage
   • Archaic
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

3. An additional import duty levied by customs.

   Usage

   • Australia
   • New-Zealand
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   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.

Noun

1. Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Rare
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Of these temperatures, only one, the second, indicates primage; all others exhibit a slight superheat.