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Is primage a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (archaic) A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship.Examples: "By the bill of lading the maſter undertakes to deliver the goods on payment of freight with primage and average accuſtomed."archaiccountableuncountable
2. (archaic, UK) An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne).UKarchaiccountableuncountable
3. (Australia, New Zealand) An additional import duty levied by customs.Examples: "1932, E. T. McPhee (Commonwealth Statistician), Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia: No. 25 - 1932, The rate of primage duty was subsequently increased to 4 per cent. as from the 6th November, 1930."AustraliaNew-Zealandcountableuncountable
noun (English)
1. (engineering, rare) Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).Examples: "Of these temperatures, only one, the second, indicates primage; all others exhibit a slight superheat."countablerareuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary