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stumpage

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: S T AH1 M P IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Trees and other standing timber, treated as a commodity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • C. S. Sargent Only trees above a certain size are allowed to be cut by loggers buying stumpage from the owners of land.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The value of this timber.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The right to fell such timber.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

The fee for the right to fell such timber.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English stump Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English stumpage From stump + -age.