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Definition of Primage
1. n. A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods (sometimes called hat money), but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain.
Definition of Primage
1. Noun. (archaic) A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic UK) An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots ''(especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne)''. ¹
3. Noun. (Australia New Zealand) An additional import duty levied by customs. ¹
4. Noun. (engineering rare) Droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Primage
1. an amount paid as an addition to freight charges [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Primage
Literary usage of Primage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of the Shipping and Navigation Laws of Great Britain: And of the by Francis Ludlow Holt (1824)
"The word " primage" signifies a small payment to the master for his care and
trouble with ... primage and average are often commuted for a specific sum, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Lading: Comprising the Various Legal by Eugene Leggett (1880)
"The word " primage" was formerly used to denote a small payment to the master,
... By the modern usage of trade the term " primage" no longer signifies the ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1872)
"Where the bill of lading expressed that the goods were to be delivered to the
consignee, "he paying freight for the same as per charter-party, with primage ..."
4. A Compendium of the Law of Merchant Shipping: With an Appendix Containing by Frederic Philip Maude, Charles Edward Pollock (1864)
"The old rule, that freight is the mother of wages, did not extend to the salary
of the master (c). primage. The master is usually entitled, in addition to ..."
5. Principles of Ocean Transportation by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1918)
"Many ocean lines still charge what is known as "primage," which in the past was
regarded as a payment to the officers and crews of vessels to encourage ..."
6. Colonial Records of the New York Chamber of Commerce, 1768-1784 by New York Chamber of Commerce (1867)
"Mr. John Moore proposed that as the primage of Goods brought into this port,
where primage is not specified in the Bill of Lading, is at present in a state ..."
7. Reports of Cases, Determined at Nisi Prius, in the Courts of King's Bench by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1831)
"He can maintain no action for primage by itself, even if it be due ; but either
he must sue for freight as the owner's agent, and then he may include his ..."
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