单词 | quarterage |
释义 | quarteragen. 1. Payment made quarterly; an instance of this; a contribution, subscription, tax, or other charge paid by a person every quarter. Now chiefly archaic or historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > periodic payment > specific annual1388 quarterage1389 pensionc1400 pension?a1513 ladysilver1536 standing order1619 1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 45 Wardeins schul gadere þe qwarterage of bretheren & sustren. 1452 in C. Gross Gild Merchant (1890) II. 69 All maner fynnys, amercyments & quarteragys. 1529 in Vicary's Anat. Bodie of Man (1888) App. xiv. 251 So Alweys that the sayde quarterage be lawfullye demaunded. 1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. M You shall not..brag that your Vize-royes or Tributorie-Kings, haue done homage to you, or paide quarterage. 1708 Brit. Apollo 2–7 July Most of our subscribers having paid their Quarterridges [etc.]. a1797 E. Burke Tracts Popery Laws in Wks. (1842) II. 434 They trade and work in their own native towns as aliens, paying, as such, quarterage, and other charges and impositions. 1834 Times 21 Oct. 1/5 The duty of the beadle is to collect the quarterage and summon the members of the Court. 1887 Times 20 Jan. 4/3 The plaintiff had not paid his quarterages. 1976 Village Winter 82 Village [Methodist] chapels..are maintained and insured entirely by village members, and a separate fund known as ‘quarterage’ is paid to the Circuit to cover services rendered. 1992 Times 9 Jan. 2 Each has paid a joining ‘fine’ of £250 into the company's charitable trust and stumps up another £80 a year ‘quarterage’ towards running expenses. 2. A sum paid to, or received by, a person every quarter; a quarter's wages, allowance, pension, etc. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > quarterly payment quarterage1389 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > allowance > quarterly quarterage1389 1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 59 (MED) We willetȝ haue twey wardeynes..to gader oure quartrages. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.ijv Than came a pardoner with his boke His quarterage of euery man he toke. a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1907) I. 59 Thei shall haue ij men of euery ward euery quarter to help them to gathur þer Quarterage. 1590 Tarltons Newes out of Purgatorie 29 Hee being then bare of pence, because his quarterage was not come in. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 8 Jan. (1974) VIII. 8 My uncle Thomas with me—to receive his quarterage. 1735 J. Swift Richmond Lodge & Marble Hill in Wks. II. 377 An idle Rogue, who spends his Quartridge In tippling at the Dog and Partridge. 1781 J. Ripley Sel. Lett. xix. 108 I would likewise have you allow your barber something more than his usual quarterage. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. xvii. 370 A half-starved Clerk, eked out his lean quarterage, by these merry perquisites. 1892 Cornhill Mag. July 27 He must wait till his new quarterage came before he could pay. 1929 Times 1 Nov. 18/1 In 1816..the headmaster received a quarterage of 10s. and 12s. breaking-up money for every boy. 1978 E. Brooks Holifield Gentlemen Theologians ii. 29 As late as 1840 many Methodist clergy were existing on a yearly income of $400 ‘quarterage’ plus ‘traveling and table’ expenses. 2001 D. Hempton in M. A. Noll God & Mammon vi. 134 Preachers were paid expenses for travel, table, board, rent, and fuel and were then due their quarterage or annual allowance. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] quarterage1577 enquartering1639 billeting1640 cantonment1760 cantoning1844 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > quarters estre?c1225 liverya1400 efters1532 quarter1570 quarterage1577 quartering1625 apartment1689 camp1747 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 485/1 in Chron. I The Scots that lay in Kelso and other places keeping their quarterrage on the bordures. 1647 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 143 Agreed that a Ley..be imposed upon the Towne for payeing of the Quarterage of the horse. 1647 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 143 These burdens of quarterage. 1729 G. Jacob New Law-dict. at Soldiers Officers taking Money for excusing Quarterage, shall be cashiered. 1773 G. Macartney Acct. Ireland 80 In lieu of purveyance and pre-emption, and cess, impress and quarterage of soldiers. 1841 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 8 562 Common sense is driven out of her native quarterage in the brain. 1873 E. O'Curry Lect. Anc. Irish I. xvi. 336 Any noble residence at which they [sc. great stewards] intended to claim the free quarterage due to their official dignity. Compounds General attributive, as quarterage bill, quarterage book, quarterage day, quarterage fee, etc. Now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1533 in R. W. Ingram Rec. Early Eng. Drama: Coventry (1981) 137 Paid to the mynstrell on my quartreg daye viijd. 1692 London Gaz. No. 2799/4 A large Folio Book..called the Carmens Quarteridg-Book. a1772 Ess. from Batchelor (1773) II. 192 The Quarterage-bill, like all others, must pass through both houses of parliament. 1831 G. Henson Civil Hist. Framework-knitters iv. 183 The court..insisted upon levying the quarterage money, consisting of one shilling a year, from each journeyman. 1894 Times 19 Oct. 6/2 The ‘quarterage’ fees of 4s. per annum per member. 1952 Times 27 Nov. 14/3 Flat, upper ground floor..quarterage rent, £100. 1996 Econ. Hist. Rev. 49 270 The questionable benefits of belonging to a London company and paying its quarterage fee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1389 |
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