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prisagium

prisagium [prisa+-agium; cf. et. OF prisage < CL pretium+-agium =assessment] , prisage, customary payment levied usu. on imported wine. 1503 perdonavimus ‥ concelamenta tonagii, pondagii, ~ii vinorum custumarum et subsidiorum nostrorum Pat 592 m. 10; 1519 pro xix doliis vini Vasconie, unde pro ~io j doll’ Ac. Havener Cornw 1f. 1.

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