yardagen.1
/ˈjɑːdɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈjɑrdɪdʒ/ The use of or charge for a yard in which commodities are stored, cattle enclosed, or the like.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > for storage facilities
housage1578
cellarage1762
storage1775
warehousing1795
boomage1862
sideage1868
yardage1868
yard-money1884
warehouseage1915
1868 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1865–6 6 322 Net cash receipt for yardage, and profit on feed.
1889 Sun (Baltimore) in Public Opinion 16 Feb. The object of the company..is to regulate the price of pig-iron by holding it in stock in yards leased by the company at the furnaces... Each furnace is to turn over all its product to the company,..the furnace-master paying the company yardage at the rate of 25 cents per ton.
1903 A. Adams Log Cowboy xiii. 86 No. I'll not ship any more cattle to your town..until you adjust your yardage charges.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
yardagen.2
/ˈjɑːdɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈjɑrdɪdʒ/ 1. The cutting of coal at a fixed rate per yard.
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > other specific mining processes > in coal-mining
outstroke1747
holing1841
coal-cutting1842
patio1845
sumping1849
bottoming1856
salting1856
patio process1862
spragging1865
yardage1877
booming1880
brushing1883
filling1883
sounding1883
yard-work1883
blanketing1884
goafing1888
freezing process1889
power loading1901
bashing1905
rock dusting1915
mucking1918
solid stowing1929
stone-dusting1930
roof bolting1949
rock bolting1955
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 8 The amount for yardage..includes powder, fuse, and candles furnished by contractors and paid for as labor.
1887 Manch. Examiner 8 Dec. 5/2 The men employed at the..Colliery..have struck for an advance of wages of 10 per cent. They also demand an extra 25 per cent. on yardage.
2. The aggregate number of yards; amount estimated in yards.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > yard > amount in yards
yardage1900
1900 Referee 23 Sept. 1 in Encycl. Dict. Suppl. That the courses as measured from end were as represented in yardage.
1906 Daily News 3 Feb. 8 The yardage of linen goods exported in 1905 was the largest in any year during the last twenty.
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