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draftage

noun

Etymology

From draft + -age, from draft (“quantity”).

  1. inherited from *drahtuz✻ — “a pulling, drawing”
  2. inherited from *drahti✻
  3. inherited from *dreaht✻
  4. inherited from draught
  5. suffixed as draftage — “draft + age”

Definitions

  1. A fee charged on a small proportion of the dry weight of certain types of goods being…

    A fee charged on a small proportion of the dry weight of certain types of goods being shipped.

    • Payment for ores and concentrates, etc. — A deduction of 1 per cent. is made from the net dry weight of all fine materials as draftage.

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