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▪ I. linage|ˈlaɪnɪdʒ|
Also lineage.
[f. line n.2 + -age.]
a. Position (of figures) in line.
b. Quantity of printed or written matter estimated in number of lines.
c. Payment according to the number of lines; also, the charge made (by a newspaper, etc.) according to the number of lines occupied by an advertisement, etc.
a.1883in Are we to read backwards? 39 The modern Arabic figures—uniform in linage—were more legible than the ‘old style’ figures.
b.1884Nonconf. & Indep. 9 May 446/1 Fair progress was made, though no great amount of lineage of the Bill was disposed of.
c.1888Globe 27 Oct. 6/5 An editor..offered him [Mr. Swinburne] ‘lineage’ for a poem. 1898Kendal Mercury 7 Jan. 5/6 One of the terms of the engagement was that he [a reporter] was to have half the ‘lineage’. 1961in Webster. 1968Listener 20 June 818/2 (Advt.), Linage 6s. 6d. a line. 1971Timber Trades Jrnl. 14 Aug. 61 Linage. Minimum 20 words. 10p per word.
▪ II. linage
obs. form of lineage. |