Etymology: Obsolete Dutch cortagie, now kortazje = French courtage.
Obsolete. rare.
= courtagen.
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1682 J. ScarlettStile of Exchanges 8 He must be content with that Reward..which is called by the Hollanders Courtagie..Those Covetous Exchangers that will save the Courtagie, by concluding their own Exchanges face to face, without the help of the Brogers.
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