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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A quarterly payment or allowance, tax, pension, or wage paid or received. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   The provision of quarters (as for troops), or the cost of it. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From quarter + -age.

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