| 单词 | water-bailage |
| 释义 | † ˈwater-ˌbailage Obs. Also 8–9 -bail(l)iage. A duty or tax levied on all goods brought into or carried out of the Port of London.
1669Pepys Diary 20 Jan., Heard at the Council-board the City..debate upon the business of water-baylage—a tax demanded upon all goods, by the City, imported and exported. 1680Lond. Gaz. No. 1490/3 His Majesty having been graciously pleased to release a Judgment obtained upon a Quo Warranto, against the City of London, concerning the Duty of Water-Bailage (which is a considerable Revenue to the City). 1753[see bailage]. 1854Fraser's Mag. XLIX. 564 The groundage of corn is a duty of 6d. on every vessel with corn on board entering the port; and the water-bailliage is a duty of one farthing per quarter on all corn so imported. |
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