单词 | water-bailage |
释义 | water-bailagen. Now historical. A tax or duty levied on all goods brought into or carried out of the Port of London. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun] lastinglOE lastage1205 anchorage1405 strandage1419 plankage1424 quayage1440 lowage1457 measurage1460 perch money1466 perching1483 keel-toll?1499 wharf-gelt1505 sand-gelt1527 wharfage1535 soundage1562 towage1562 groundage1567 bankage1587 rowage1589 shore-silver1589 pilotage1591 dayage1592 ballastage1594 rivage1598 pieragec1599 shore-mail1603 lightage1606 shorage1611 port charge1638 light money1663 port due1663 water-bailage1669 mensuragea1676 mooragea1676 keelage1679 shore-due1692 harbour-due1718 lockage1722 magazinage1736 jettage?1737 light duty1752 tide-duty1769 port duty1776 dockage1788 light due1793 canalage1812 posting-dues1838 warpage1863 winch1864 postage1868 flag-dues1892 berthage1893 shore-levy- 1669 S. Pepys Diary 20 Jan. (1976) IX. 421 Heard at the Council-board the City..debate the business of Water baylage, a tax demanded upon all goods by the City, imported and exported. 1680 London Gaz. No. 1490/3 His Majesty having been graciously pleased to release a Judgment obtained upon a Quo Warranto, against the City of London, concerning the Duty of Water-Bailage (which is a considerable Revenue to the City). 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Water Bailiage or Bailage, is an antient duty received by the city of London, for all goods and merchandises brought into or carried out of the port. 1797 Courier & Evening Gaz. 30 Sept. 3/4 Another Court of Aldermen will be held on Tuesday next, for the election of a Collector of the Water-bailiage Eastward of London-bridge. 1854 Fraser's Mag. May 564/2 The groundage of corn is a duty of 6d. on every vessel with corn on board entering the port; and the water-bailliage is a duty of one farthing per quarter on all corn so imported. 1902 I. S. Leadam in F. P. Barnard Compan. Eng. Hist. x. 282 The foreign exporter from the port of London further paid a local duty called ‘water-bailage’. 1993 Hist. Jrnl. 36 65 The dispute with the king over water bailage..was decided at the end of January in the City's favour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1669 |
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