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Definition of Tunnage
1. Noun. A tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship.
Definition of Tunnage
1. n. See Tonnage.
Definition of Tunnage
1. Noun. (alternative form of tonnage) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tunnage
1. tonnage [n -S] - See also: tonnage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tunnage
Literary usage of Tunnage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"The subsidy of tunnage and Poundage is kept apart as an item of revenue from the
... In the matter of tunnage and Poundage, Parliament seems to have thought ..."
2. A Sketch of the History of Taxes in England from the Earliest Times to the by Stephen Dowell (1876)
"court, with ' . tunnage but both are granted to Henry V. for life, after the
poundage, victory of Azincourt, in 1415.1 In the earlier grants of ..."
3. A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History by Dudley Julius Medley (1902)
"tunnage and poundage were granted to the Crown for short periods, ... On wine,
while they both were equally liable to tunnage, the recta prisa of the native ..."
4. The United States Customs Guide ..: Being a Compilation of the Laws Relating by Richard Salter Storrs Andros, United States, United States Dept. of the Treasury (1859)
"tunnage duties on foreign vessels discontinued conditionally. — From and after
the said first day of April next, all acts and parts of acts imposing duties ..."
5. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"... made by the king in the interest of reform, parliament on the last day of the
and pound- session granted him tunnage and poundage, and a subsidy on Sdy ..."
6. Select Documents of English Constitutional History by George Burton Adams, Henry Morse Stephens (1906)
"Grant of tunnage and Poundage, by Citizens and Burgesses alone (November, 1372.
French text, 2 RP 310. Translation by Editors. 2 Stubbs, 444, 557.) 14. ..."
7. The Statutes at Large from the Magna Charta, to the End of the Eleventh by Great Britain (1764)
"... by the King's and Queen's moft excel- tunnage and ... of tunnage and poundage,
and other fums of money able upon merchandize, be levied, collected and ..."
8. The Statutes at Large: From Magna Charta to ... 1869 by Great Britain (1764)
"... the continuance of the duty charged. charged by this aft upon the tunnage of
... thall pay the like duty of tunnage, as'any merchandize from any of the ..."
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