Definitions For Primage

Etymology 1

From (Late Latin)  primagium. (The French word post-dates the English.)

Noun

PRIMAGE. (countable and uncountable, plural PRIMAGEs) (archaic) A payment made for loading or unloading a ship, or for care of goods during transit by ship. (archaic, UK) An import duty levied by a guild of harbour pilots (especially at Kingston-upon-Hull and Newcastle-upon-Tyne). (Australia, New Zealand) An additional import duty levied by customs.

Etymology 2

from prime + age.

Noun

PRIMAGE. (countable and uncountable, plural PRIMAGEs) (engineering, rare) droplets, droplets of water suspended in steam (especially in the cylinder of a steam engine).

Anagrams

epigram

Is Primage a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
15

The word Primage is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

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