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centage|ˈsɛntɪdʒ| [f. cent1 + -age.] Rate by the hundred; = per-centage (which is now the usual term).
1799J. Robertson Agric. Perth 271 It is proper to add this centage to the aggregate sum of the rent. 1807Southey Espriella's Lett. (1814) II. 69 He stipulated for a centage upon the clear increase of revenue above a certain sum. 1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 130 Brokerage, centage or sum paid to a broker. 1832Chalmers Pol. Econ. viii. 245 There is scarcely any centage of taxation, however great, that would discourage cultivation. |