factorage

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The factorage system appears to have been introduced in Virginia around 1625, and was actually a part of the consignment system.

From Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" by Herndon, G. Melvin

The bales he spoke of lay on the deck, and showing them to me, he said: 'There are the goods; I hope you will take care to sell them, and you shall have factorage.'

From The Arabian Nights Their Best-known Tales by Parrish, Maxfield

The bales he spoke of lay on the deck; and showing them to me, he says, There are the goods; I hope you will take care to sell them, and you shall have factorage.

From The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01 by Anonymous

The Revolution cut the connection between England and the Virginia planters, but the factorage system was not destroyed.

From Tobacco in Colonial Virginia "The Sovereign Remedy" by Herndon, G. Melvin

Ten per cent factorage, freight, gabberage, key-porters, &c. all which is forty per cent, charged on the same. 17th.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Swift, Jonathan