Bushelage

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A duty payable on goods by the bushel. UK, archaic, uncountable, usually

    "Vessels entered of the port of Portsmoutir pay the bushelage only ."

  2. 2
    A quantity of bushels. uncountable, usually

    "I think you will agree that the present wheat bushelage can not on the average year be greatly increased by just sowing more acres on the same old areas in the same old way or even in the same districts unless a great change is introduced ."

Example

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"Vessels entered of the port of Portsmoutir pay the bushelage only ."

Etymology

From bushel + -age.

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