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ˈmoneyage Hist.
[a. OF. monneage (mod.F. monnayage), mint, tax upon money, f. monnayer money v. Cf. med.L. monētāgium and monētāticum.]
‘A payment by the moneyers for the privilege of coining; otherwise explained as a payment by the subjects to prevent loss by the depreciation or change of coinage’ (Stubbs Sel. Charters Gloss. s.v. Monetagium).
1747Carte Hist. Eng. I. 482 Moneyage was a duty of twelve pence paid every third year in Normandie to the Duke for not altering the coin. 1762Hume Hist. Eng. to Hen. VII, I. App. ii. 414 Moneyage was also a general land-tax..levied by the two first Norman kings, and abolished by the charter of Henry I. |