单词 | hat money |
释义 | hat moneyn. Now historical and rare. Originally: a payment made by a shipper of goods to the captain of a merchant vessel 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 and unloading. Cf. primage n.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > sailor's pay > additional payments primage1476 prime gilt1576 pinch-gut money1660 hat money1676 conduct-money1702 hard line money1886 hard-lying money1890 hard lyers1916 1676 C. Molloy De Jure Maritimo ii. ix. 256 Petty Averidge is another little small Duty which Merchants pay to the Master... The French Ships commonly term the Gratuity Hatt-Money. 1755 tr. Ordenenzas di Bilbao in N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. App. xiv. 395 A Difference is experienced by reason of what the Captain's Hat-Money [Sp. sombrero], or Primage is wont to vary. 1802 C. Abbott Treat. Law Relative to Merchant Ships iii. vi. §3. 223 The word Primage denotes a small payment to the master for his care and trouble... It is sometimes called the master's hat money. 1833 Rep. Select Comm. Manuf., Commerce, & Shipping 506 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 690) VI. 1 What is the hat-money in addition?—It depends upon the cargo. 1899 C. Sellers Oporto, Old & New xv. 169/2 With the disappearance of the hat-money..luxuries have no longer a place among the chattels of our rougher toilers of the sea. 2011 M. van Tielhof & J. L. van Zanden in R. W. Unger Shipping & Econ. Growth 1350–1850 ii. 65 The particular conditions and arrangements made in the contracts, such as..the hat-money or special reward for the shipmaster personally (‘kaplaken’). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676 |
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