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bushelage

noun

Etymology

From bushel + -age.

  1. derived from *gwost-✻
  2. derived from *bostā✻
  3. derived from *bostyā✻
  4. derived from boissel
  5. inherited from busshel
  6. suffixed as bushelage — “bushel + age”

Definitions

  1. A duty payable on goods by the bushel.

    • Vessels entered of the port of Portsmoutir pay the bushelage only .
    • Bushelage consisted of a bushel taken from each cargo of dry goods, chiefly coal, salt, malt, barley, and wheat; though half a bushel of "peasen" appears to have sufficed.
    • Bushelage dues on landing at the village of Flushing, payable to Lord Clifton

  2. A quantity of bushels.

    • But largely as a result of the unilluminating statements of the Board in exaggerating bushelage and ignoring quality, March corn fell from the high of August 10, $ 1.21½, on the Chicago Board of Trade, to .35⅞ on December 30.
    • But there would need to be, if the present supply is reduced, there would need to be some maximum bushelage.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA