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† ˈweighage Obs.
Also 7 way-, weyage, -edge.
[f. weigh v.1 + -age.]
A duty or toll paid for the weighing of goods.
1547Charters rel. Glasgow (1906) II. 511 All..oure Custwmis of oure ciete and burgh of Glasgw, with mettage and weighage and all uther commoditeis pertenand thareto. 1603Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 514/1 The pittie custumes..togidder with the dewteis and custumes of weyage and metage. 1604in Rec. Convent. Burghs Scot. (1870) II. 176 Thai tak na mair for weyage bot ane penny for the stane [of wool]. 1611S'hampton Crt. Leet Rec. (1905) 441 We..finde.. that the Towne is defrauded of that dew of wayage as it ought to receave by wayenge of goods saleable at the King's beame. 1632Sc. Acts Chas. I (1817) V. 243 Weyages and heaven dewteis dew to be payed in harbereis. 1683in Somers' Tracts (1748) I. 180 [London dues] Meetage, Weighage, Scavage, Hallage. a1701Levinz Rep. (1702) iii. 37, 8 d. per Tonne pur chescun Tonne de Cheese port de ascun lieu en Angleterre al Port de London..en nom de Weighage. 1824Chitty Laws Commerce II. 16 Weighage, called either tronage for weighing wool at the king's beam, or pesage, for weighing other avoirdupoise goods. 1856Bouvier Law Dict. U.S.A. (ed. 6) II. 647. |