Stallage
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The erection and use of a stall at a fair or market. countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 2 The dues levied for the erection and use of a stall at a fair or market. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Stallage and the like payments are made in respect of some user of the soil beyond the mere entry into the market; for no one has a right to erect a stall or appropriate part of the market place as a standing without making a satisfaction for it to the owner of the soil […]"
- 3 dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw countable, obsolete, uncountable
Example
More examples"Stallage and the like payments are made in respect of some user of the soil beyond the mere entry into the market; for no one has a right to erect a stall or appropriate part of the market place as a standing without making a satisfaction for it to the owner of the soil […]"
Etymology
From stall + -age? Compare Old French estallange, of German origin.