quarterage

Example Sentences

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One grand objection against this proposal is, how you will oblige people to pay either their subscription or their quarterage.

From An Essay Upon Projects by Defoe, Daniel

What did she care for a trifle like quarterage while she was able to support both herself and her husband?

From The Heroic Women of Early Indiana Methodism: An Address Delivered Before the Indiana Methodist Historical Society by Goodwin, T. A. (Thomas Aiken)

The quarterage in this Company is paid on the quantity of malt consumed by its members.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

Besides quarterage, there was an allowance for travelling and table expenses.

From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by Hodgins, J. George (John George)

The boys pay a quarterage not exceeding £2.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter