| 单词 | mariner's portage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmariner's portage 1. In full mariner portage, mariner's portage. An amount of space or weight on board a ship allowed to a mariner for his own cargo in lieu of wages, enabling him to make a personal profit through trade; cargo carried under these terms; cf. portledge n. Hence in later use: a mariner's wages. Also figurative. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > hold > space allowed for mariner's venture portagec1400 society > trade and finance > [noun] > trading venture or speculation > an act of > specific types portage1500 portledge1636 land-jobbing1781 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > sailor's pay > types of address1562 full pay1579 river pay1708 flag-pay1719 port pay1758 allotment1766 portage1809 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > sailor's pay portage1847 payday1906 c1400 Lawys of Schippis (Bute) c. 10 Ilk yhong man aucht to schaw thair maystyrys qwhat maner of wecht thai sal tak in for thair portage. 1500 in J. Latimer Merchant Venturers of Bristol (1903) 33 The verry value of the Portage that the said maister quart maister or maryner shall hold for his wages in the said ship in the same viage. 1522 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 327 The bying of mariner portages. 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici Voy. & Trauaile f. 18v Neither doo they carrye anye particular mans goods, sauing the portage of the Marriners and Soldiors. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xi. 36 Thy losse is more then can Thy portage quit, with all thou canst find heere. View more context for this quotation 1648 in J. P. Baxter Documentary Hist. Maine (1884) III. 376 For ⅓ part of this Years Portage £20. 1705 A. Justice Gen. Treat. Dominion of Sea 349 The Seamen shall not lade any Goods upon their own Account, under Pretence of Portage, nor otherwise, without paying the Fraight, except it be mentioned in their Agreements. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 134 Portage, sailors wages while in port, also the amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage. 1847 N. H. Nicolas Hist. Royal Navy II. 206 Of masters and mariners who take extravagant wages or portage, contrary to ancient usage. 1947 D. Burwash Eng. Merchant Shipping ii. 45 If a mariner's portage had to be jettisoned he received the proper compensation. < as lemmas |
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