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单词 primage
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Definition of primage in English:

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noun ˈprʌɪmɪdʒ
  • 1Originally: a customary payment to the master and crew of a ship for loading and taking care of the cargo. In later use also: a percentage added to a freight charge to cover the cost of loading or unloading a ship. Now historical.

  • 2A duty paid to the local Trinity House society on goods brought into a particular port, especially Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Now historical.

  • 3Chiefly Australian and NZ. An additional or special customs duty on imported goods.

noun ˈprʌɪmɪdʒ
Engineering rare
  • Water present as droplets suspended in the steam from a boiler; the amount of this.

Origin

Late 15th century. Apparently from post-classical Latin primagium payment for loading or unloading, of uncertain origin
late 19th century. From prime + -age. Compare French primage passage of water in the form of spray into the cylinder of an engine boiler, along with the steam, the amount of water present in this form.

Definition of primage in US English:

primage

nounˈprʌɪmɪdʒ
  • 1Originally: a customary payment to the master and crew of a ship for loading and taking care of the cargo. In later use also: a percentage added to a freight charge to cover the cost of loading or unloading a ship. Now historical.

  • 2A duty paid to the local Trinity House society on goods brought into a particular port, especially Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Now historical.

  • 3Chiefly Australian and NZ. An additional or special customs duty on imported goods.

nounˈprʌɪmɪdʒ
Engineering rare
  • Water present as droplets suspended in the steam from a boiler; the amount of this.

Origin

Late 15th century. Apparently from post-classical Latin primagium payment for loading or unloading, of uncertain origin<br>late 19th century. From prime + -age. Compare French primage passage of water in the form of spray into the cylinder of an engine boiler, along with the steam, the amount of water present in this form.

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