passage moneyn.
/ˈpasɪdʒ ˌmʌni/, U.S. /ˈpæsɪdʒ ˌməni/ Money charged for passage; money demanded for permission to pass.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > toll for passing through > [noun]
through-toll1228
passagea1325
pedagea1382
peage1448
podagea1450
passage money1474
thorough toll1567
toll traverse1567
rahdar1623
rahdari1627
gate-penny1693
rahdarage1698
passage-gelt1712
traverse1754
likin1862
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > fare
farec1425
ferelay1547
naulum1596
passage-penny1596
naul1724
passage money1833
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. vii. 144 The peagers ner they that kepe passages ought not to take other peage ne passage money but suche as the prynce or the lawe haue establisshid.
1492 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1901) II. ii. 341 An oþre [charter] of graunte to passe free thorugh all England without paiemente of eny toll, passage-money &c.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. N4 A villaine to them came with scull all raw, That passage money did of them require. View more context for this quotation
1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 347 Those Thorow-fairs are a sort of Places for the skinning of strangers... They must alway there pay Passage-money.
1761 P. von Kielmansegge tr. F. von Kielmansegge Diary Journey to Eng. (1902) 10 All passengers for England have to call and pay a certain passage-money.
1833 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 1 June 140/3 Hereabout the captain collects the passage-money.
1903 S. Butler Way of All Flesh lxvii. 304 I am prepared to find you £75 or even if necessary so far as £100 to pay your passage money.
1992 F. McLynn Hearts of Darkness i. i. 14 At once he was faced with that permanent headache of African explorers: the demand for tribute or passage money from tribal chiefs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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