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Originally probably: the right of the king or the lord of a port to purchase part of the merchandise previously purchased by a merchant at the same…
Probably: a payment for keeping order in the streets; the office of guarding the streets.
A tax or toll imposed on travellers. Cf. peage, n.1, pedage, n., and pickage, n. Obsolete.