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▪ I. yardage1|ˈjɑːdɪdʒ|
[f. yard n.1 + -age.]
The use of or charge for a yard in which commodities are stored, cattle inclosed, or the like.
1867Trans. Illinois Agric. Soc. VI. 322 Net cash receipt for yardage, and profit on feed. 1889Baltimore Sun in Public Opinion 16 Feb., The object of the company..is to regulate the price of pig-iron by holding it in stock in yards leased by the company at the furnaces... Each furnace is to turn over all its product to the company,..the furnace-master paying the company yardage at the rate of 25 cents per ton.
▪ II. ˈyardage2
[f. yard n.2 + -age.]
1. The cutting of coal at a fixed rate per yard.
1877Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 8 The amount for yardage..includes powder, fuse, and candles furnished by contractors and paid for as labor. 1887Manch. Exam. 8 Dec. 5/2 The men employed at the..Colliery..have struck for an advance of wages of 10 per cent. They also demand an extra 25 per cent. on yardage.
2. The aggregate number of yards; amount estimated in yards.
1900Referee 23 Sept. 1 (Cass. Suppl.) That the courses as measured from end were as represented in yardage. 1906Daily News 3 Feb. 8 The yardage of linen goods exported in 1905 was the largest in any year during the last twenty. |