Definitions for primages

primages pri·mage

Spelling: [prahy-mij]
IPA: /ˈpraɪ mɪdʒ/

Primages is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 506 anagrams from letters in primages (aegimprs).

Definitions for primages

noun

  1. a small allowance formerly paid by a shipper to the master and crew of a vessel for the loading and care of the goods: now charged with the freight and retained by the shipowner.

Origin of primages

1530-40; Anglo-Latin primāgium; see prime, -age

Examples for primages

Five thousand dollars there was, and I sent it to the widow along with his primage.

They sailed for nominal wages and primage, or five per cent of the gross freight paid the vessel.

A word sometimes used for primage, or the trifling payment received by the master of a ship for care of goods.

Word Value for primages
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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