单词 | metage |
释义 | metage/ˈmiːtɪdʒ /noun [mass noun] historical The duty paid for the official weighing of loads of coal, grain, or other material.About 1,200,000 chaldrons are consumed in Middlesex and Surrey; of this quantity, at least two-thirds are for domestic purposes, and pays 6 d. per chaldron land metage, making the enormous amount of 20,000 l. annually....
OriginEarly 16th century: from mete1 + -age. |
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