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factorage|ˈfæktərɪdʒ|
Also 7 -idge.
[f. factor n. + -age. Cf. F. factorage.]
1. The action or professional service of a factor; the action of buying or selling (goods) on commission. Also attrib.
1670Sir T. Culpeper Necess. Abating Usury 8 Trading with our own stocks, honest Partnership, and discreet Factorage. a1734North Lives II. 367 A celebrated house of factorage in Constantinople. a1834Lamb Mr. Liston Misc. Wks. (1871) 406 Satisfied with the returns of his factorage. 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. VI. xx. vi. 143 Himself once a Preacher, but at present concerned with Factorage of Wool on the great scale.
2. Commission or per-centage paid to a factor on goods purchased or sold by him.
1613F. Robartes Revenue of Gospel 100 Carriage, factorage, impost and custome. 1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 111 Hee that exceedeth his Commission shall lose his Factoridge. 1721C. King Brit. Merch. III. 214 To engross the whole Profit of Commission and Factorage to themselves. 1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 70 Factorage 1s. per Quarter. 1852McCulloch Dict. Comm., Factorage..is also frequently charged at a certain rate per cask, or other package.
†3. The place of business of a factor; an agency.
1679Plot Staffordsh. (1686) 108 The Cheesmongers of London have thought it worth their while to set up a Factorage here, for these commodities [butter and cheese].
4. collect.
a. The whole body or assemblage of factors: see factor n. 5.
b. The sum total of constituent elements: see factor n. 6.
1849Tait's Mag. XVI. 12/1 The importance of the factorage was raised enormously in their own esteem. 1887F. Robinson New Relig. Med. 127 These, were the factorage analyzed, might crop up as constituents seldom absent. |