quarterage
Example Sentences
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When the Governors issued an advertisement for a Writing Master in 1792 they gave the salary as £30 but "as much more can be made by quarterage."
From A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Edward Allen Bell
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 Daniel Defoe
Of course George K. Hester did not locate after receiving that letter, and he left the quarterage for those to follow.
From The Heroic Women of Early Indiana Methodism: An Address Delivered Before the Indiana Methodist Historical Society by T. A. (Thomas Aiken) Goodwin
The quarterage in this Company is paid on the quantity of malt consumed by its members.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
Is it possible that quarterage can mean taking boarders?
From A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Edward Allen Bell
