PRIMAGE


Meaning of PRIMAGE in English

/pruy"mij/ , n.

a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.

[ 1530-40; primagium; see PRIME, -AGE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .