lowage

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noun

A charge on shipping.

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Meanings

nounlowage (countable and uncountable, plural lowages)

plural lowages

  1. archaiccountableuncountableA charge on shipping.

    […] granted and assigned all their loadenage or lowage, and stowage, now called primage, dues, inward or outward of the said port […]

    1840, The parliamentary gazetteer of England and Wales. 4 vols. : "Kingston-Upon-Hull" - 'Trinity House Guild', p.575

Origin

Possibly from the French adjective louage (“hiring”) (Oxford English Dictionary), or a corruption of levage (Calvert, 1978).

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APA

lowage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lowage

MLA

“lowage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lowage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lowage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lowage.

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