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† ˈpeage Obs.
Also 5–8 payage, 6– paage.
[a. F. péage, in OF. also paage (12th c.), paege, paiage, payage, etc.:—*pedage = Pr. pezatge, It. pedaggio, med.L. (f. F.) pedāgium, peāgium, paāgium (Du Cange):—late pop.L. pedāticum, f. pēs, ped-em foot: see -age.]
Toll paid for passing through a place or country; = pedage. Obs. (exc. Hist. or only in reference to France, etc.).
1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 238 Thai suld nouthir pay..custume, na payage, quhill thai ar on thair voyage. 1563tr. Emperor's Safe Conduct in Foxe A. & M. 191/2 Without paying of any maner of imposition or dane mony, peage, tribute, or any other manner of tolle. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 168/1 The Bull..fearing neither Payage or Poundage for his Trespass. 1706in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 21 Quitt of all custome, toll and payage. 1714Fr. Bk. of Rates 196 All Duties of Importation, Octrois, Peages, and all others, which used to be levied upon the said Grain by the Cities, Communities, and particular Lordships. 1757Burke Abridgm. Eng. Hist. iii. Wks. 1812 V. 609 The payment of tolls, passages, paages, pontages and innumerable other vexatious imposts. 1776Adam Smith W.N. v. i. (1869) II. 403 The turnpike tolls in England, and the duties called peages in other countries. 1848Wharton Law Lex., Paage... Obsolete.
Hence † ˈpeager Obs. [F. péager, OF. peagier (13th c. in Littré)], a collector of toll, a toll-keeper.
1474Caxton Chesse iii. vii, The peagers ner they that kepe passages ought not to take other peage ne passage money but suche as the prynce or the lawe have established.
Restrict † Obs. to sense in Dict. and add: 2. In form ‖ péage |peaʒ|. Toll paid to travel on an autoroute in France; also, the gate or barrier at which this is paid.
1973A. Grey Some put their trust in Chariots xix. 105 If I stopped would the car behind unload a bevy of gunmen who would stick pistols in the faces of the péage officials? 1977Listener 12 May 607/2, I came all the way up from Marseilles, took out about 200 francs to pay at the péage. 1979Country Life 16 Aug. 488/4 The sign ‘Péage’ (‘toll’) that means you are coming to one... How many innocents abroad..have wondered about this mysterious town Péage. 1980K. Hagenbach Fox Potential vii. 67 We picked up our tickets at the péage and roared off along..the autoroute. Ibid. xvi. 157 We collected our card from the row of péage booths. |