primage

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — By the bill of lading the maſter undertakes to deliver the goods on payment of freight with primage and average accuſtomed.
  2. Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine). countable,rare,uncountable
    — Of these temperatures, only one, the second, indicates primage; all others exhibit a slight superheat.
  3. An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne). UK,archaic,countable,uncountable
  4. An additional import duty levied by customs. Australia,New-Zealand,countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

primages plural primages plural

词源

词源 1
From Late Latin primagium. (The French word post-dates the English.)
词源 2
Etymology tree
English prime
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
English -age
English primage
From prime + -age.
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