quarterage
Example Sentences
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If they did not pay quarterage some of our salaries would be very short.
From Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 7 by Marietta Holley
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 J. George (John George) Hodgins
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
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 T. A. (Thomas Aiken) Goodwin
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
