| 单词 | pitching pence |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspitching pence pitching pence n. now historical a duty levied on goods to be sold in a market or fair. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > market dues > [noun] > for stall, stand, or accommodation stallagea1387 pickage1405 pitching1500 stallenge1509 booth-mail1552 hallage1607 gantellage1611 pitching pence1670 boothage1695 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Pitching pence, is that Money, commonly a Peny, which is paid for pitching, or setting down every bag of Corn, or pack of any other Merchandise in Fairs or Markets. 1774 Statutes at Large Reign George III XI. 96 The Right of the said Mayor, Bailiffs, and Commonalty, to such Pitching-pence or Tolls as have been heretofore paid to them..by Butchers, Gardeners, and others. 1912 Eng. Hist. Rev. 27 397 No doubt terrage and stallage mean ‘pitching pence’, but the editor's version is that the citizens were to be ‘exempt from dues on crops’. 1997 A. Crossley in N. Tyacke Hist. Univ. Oxf. IV. ii. 127 Confusion continued over the city's right to levy tolls and pitching pence. < as lemmas |
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