metagen.

Brit.

/ˈmiːtɪdʒ/,

/ˈmɛtɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdɪdʒ/

Forms: 1600s meatage, 1700s– metage; Scottish pre-1700 mattage, pre-1700 mettag, pre-1700 mettage, pre-1700 mettaig, pre-1700 mettege, pre-1700 1700s– metage.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mete v.¹, -age suffix.

Etymology: < mete v.¹ + -age suffix. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (mī·tėdʒ) /ˈmiːtɪdʒ/.

Now historical.

a. The duty paid for the official measuring of dry or liquid goods, as coal, grain, salt, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > dues for weighing or measuring goods > [noun]

tronagea1325

pesage1455

weigh-gilt1497

metage1527

weighage1547

poisage1611

1491 in Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) 429 Insulam et rupem de Inchgarde..cum mettagiis, ancoragiis, le wrak et ware.]

1527 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 232 Togidder with the mettage, viz. viijd. for ilk chalder.

1603 in Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1890) 514/1 The pittie custumes..togidder with the dewteis and custumes of weyage and metage.

1749 W. Cooley & R. Turvin in G. Hampson Portsmouth Customs Let. Bks. (1994) 103 We have agreeable to your Order, Included in the Incident Salary's..the Coal Metage.

1854 Fraser's Mag. 49 564 The right of the Corporation to the metage of corn, fruit, and other articles, is recognised and confirmed in the first charter of James I.

1887 Times 27 Aug. 11/4 The ordinary fruit metage produced £654.

1921 Amer. Hist. Rev. 27 12 (note) Coals were sold at London for about 18s. per chaldron; the masters purchased them for about 6s. at Newcastle, and paid..5s. customs to the king, 1s. 6d. for the rebuilding of St. Paul's, 1s. 6d. metage, and certain charges to laborers.

†b. The measuring of the weight or volume of dry or liquid goods, as coal, grain, etc., by an officially authorized measurer. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > officially

metage1576

1576 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 578 To pay thre penneis for the mettage of every laid [of malt] quhilk sal happin to be presentit.

a1600 MS Rec. Aberdeen XXIV. in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 271/1 The mettege of colis, salt, lym, corne, fruit, and sic mensturable [sic] gudis.

1636 Maldon (Essex) Borough Deeds (Bundle 110) i For the meatage of 10 quarter of barly, 5d.

1753 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 5) II. 137 Acts have very lately passed in relation to the Admeasurement or Metage of Coals, for the City of Westminster.

1802 N. Atcheson Carrying Part of Coal Trade (advt.) To enable the Factor to charge the duty to the Buyer with the Metage.

1872 Daily News 15 Apr. 5/2 The arrangements with respect to the metage of grain in the port of London.

†2. Scottish. The act of measuring land, esp. in order to fix or settle boundaries. Also: boundaries as settled by such a measurement. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1562 Cal. Edinb. Register House Charters Suppl. 11 Apr. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Without preiudice of the saidis portinaris of iust mettage and evinskepe.

1611 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 128 The merching of the saidis gaittis nocht to be hurtful to the toun anent the mettage of the tounes landis.

1699 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1761) II. 40 One who marries the Clerk's daughter..pursues for a new mettage and division.

Compounds

General attributive (in sense 1), as metage charge, metage due, metage duty, metage silver, etc.

ΚΠ

1546–7 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 46 Thai sall pay tharfor iiijd. of the chalder of mettage silveir.

1596 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 147 As for the mettage deutie.

1603 in M. Wood & R. K. Hannay Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1927) V. 323 That all..victuall cumand within..this burgh and mett thairin suld pay mettage sylver.

1746 Act 19 Geo. II c. 35 §10 The Amount of the Metage Charge [of Coals].

1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames xv. 456 On payment of the Metage Duty.

1865 Daily Tel. 16 Nov. 8/1 Merchants ..interested in the question of the metage dues.

1894 Polit. Sci. Q. 9 92 The city authorities still levy a metage duty of three-sixteenths of a penny per hundredweight on all grain brought into the port of London, which yielded a revenue of £18,634 in 1890.

1984 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 44 328 Returns of the orphans' duty, and returns of metage fees.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metage
释义	metagen. Brit. /ˈmiːtɪdʒ/, /ˈmɛtɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈmɛdɪdʒ/ Forms: 1600s meatage, 1700s– metage; Scottish pre-1700 mattage, pre-1700 mettag, pre-1700 mettage, pre-1700 mettaig, pre-1700 mettege, pre-1700 1700s– metage. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mete v.¹, -age suffix. Etymology: < mete v.¹ + -age suffix. N.E.D. (1906) gives only the pronunciation (mī·tėdʒ) /ˈmiːtɪdʒ/. Now historical. 1. a. The duty paid for the official measuring of dry or liquid goods, as coal, grain, salt, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > dues for weighing or measuring goods > [noun] tronagea1325 pesage1455 weigh-gilt1497 metage1527 weighage1547 poisage1611 1491 in Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) 429 Insulam et rupem de Inchgarde..cum mettagiis, ancoragiis, le wrak et ware.] 1527 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 232 Togidder with the mettage, viz. viijd. for ilk chalder. 1603 in Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1890) 514/1 The pittie custumes..togidder with the dewteis and custumes of weyage and metage. 1749 W. Cooley & R. Turvin in G. Hampson Portsmouth Customs Let. Bks. (1994) 103 We have agreeable to your Order, Included in the Incident Salary's..the Coal Metage. 1854 Fraser's Mag. 49 564 The right of the Corporation to the metage of corn, fruit, and other articles, is recognised and confirmed in the first charter of James I. 1887 Times 27 Aug. 11/4 The ordinary fruit metage produced £654. 1921 Amer. Hist. Rev. 27 12 (note) Coals were sold at London for about 18s. per chaldron; the masters purchased them for about 6s. at Newcastle, and paid..5s. customs to the king, 1s. 6d. for the rebuilding of St. Paul's, 1s. 6d. metage, and certain charges to laborers. †b. The measuring of the weight or volume of dry or liquid goods, as coal, grain, etc., by an officially authorized measurer. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > officially metage1576 1576 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 578 To pay thre penneis for the mettage of every laid [of malt] quhilk sal happin to be presentit. a1600 MS Rec. Aberdeen XXIV. in Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1880) III. 271/1 The mettege of colis, salt, lym, corne, fruit, and sic mensturable [sic] gudis. 1636 Maldon (Essex) Borough Deeds (Bundle 110) i For the meatage of 10 quarter of barly, 5d. 1753 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 5) II. 137 Acts have very lately passed in relation to the Admeasurement or Metage of Coals, for the City of Westminster. 1802 N. Atcheson Carrying Part of Coal Trade (advt.) To enable the Factor to charge the duty to the Buyer with the Metage. 1872 Daily News 15 Apr. 5/2 The arrangements with respect to the metage of grain in the port of London. †2. Scottish. The act of measuring land, esp. in order to fix or settle boundaries. Also: boundaries as settled by such a measurement. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1562 Cal. Edinb. Register House Charters Suppl. 11 Apr. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (at cited word) Without preiudice of the saidis portinaris of iust mettage and evinskepe. 1611 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 128 The merching of the saidis gaittis nocht to be hurtful to the toun anent the mettage of the tounes landis. 1699 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1761) II. 40 One who marries the Clerk's daughter..pursues for a new mettage and division. Compounds General attributive (in sense 1), as metage charge, metage due, metage duty, metage silver, etc. ΚΠ 1546–7 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Stirling (1887) I. 46 Thai sall pay tharfor iiijd. of the chalder of mettage silveir. 1596 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 147 As for the mettage deutie. 1603 in M. Wood & R. K. Hannay Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1927) V. 323 That all..victuall cumand within..this burgh and mett thairin suld pay mettage sylver. 1746 Act 19 Geo. II c. 35 §10 The Amount of the Metage Charge [of Coals]. 1800 P. Colquhoun Treat. Commerce & Police R. Thames xv. 456 On payment of the Metage Duty. 1865 Daily Tel. 16 Nov. 8/1 Merchants ..interested in the question of the metage dues. 1894 Polit. Sci. Q. 9 92 The city authorities still levy a metage duty of three-sixteenths of a penny per hundredweight on all grain brought into the port of London, which yielded a revenue of £18,634 in 1890. 1984 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 44 328 Returns of the orphans' duty, and returns of metage fees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1527
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