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pedage

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A toll or tax paid by passengers travelling through a specific place, entitling them to safe conduct and protection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, historical, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

  • 1819, "Pedage", entry in Abraham Rees (editor), The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Volume 26, unnumbered page, Pedage is usually levied for the repairing of roads, bridges, and causeways, the paving of streets, &c. Anciently, those who had the right of pedage were to keep the roads secure, and answer for all robberies committed on the passengers between sun and sun; [...] .

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History

Etymology

From Latin pedagium, for pedaticum. By surface analysis, ped- (“foot”) + -age.