Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A monetary allowance, wage, or payment made or received quarterly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A quarterly allowance or payment, as for tuition or rent.
- noun Quarters; lodgment; keeping.
- noun A certain special tax. See the quotation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A quarterly allowance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
quarterly payment orallowance ,tax ,pension , orwage paid or received - noun the provision of
quarters (as for troops) or the cost of it
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Examples
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But beyond the regular "quarterage" they appreciated the need of
Elizabeth: the Disinherited Daughter By E. Ben Ez-er Elizabeth Arnold Hitchcock
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That was the cash receipts for the year; that is, for my part of the "quarterage".
The story of my life, or, More than a half century as I have lived it and seen it lived, 1912
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Rev.Dr. John Carroll tells me that the "quarterage" payable to an unmarried Methodist minister in America, at first, was only $60 per annum; then it was increased to $80, at which rate it remained until
The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842
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When you happen to see either Monsieur or Madame Perny, I beg you will give them this melancholic proof of my caducity, and tell them that the last time I went to see the boys, I carried the Michaelmas quarterage in my pocket; and when I was there I totally forgot it; but assure them, that
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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I got the chickens, the eggs, the butter, the ribs and backbones, the corn, the meat, and the Presiding Elder and Brother Stradley had helped us to eat our part of the quarterage.
The story of my life, or, More than a half century as I have lived it and seen it lived, 1912
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He was so elated over this victory that he apparently forgave William on the spot for his Dives sermon, and handed him ten dollars on quarterage to indicate the return of his good will.
A Circuit Rider's Wife Corra Harris 1902
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There was this difference — these self-constituted divines required no quarterage, penance money or Peter's pence to be paid them; they did all this free of charge.
John M. Copley. A Sketch of the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. ... 1893
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They suddenly remembered two grievances, one was a grievance of land tenure, the other was that a troop of soldiers was kept at free quarterage.
The Little Manx Nation - 1891 Hall Caine 1892
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Received ten shillings from Lawyer Bonnithorne for funeral sermon, and one pound two from Bolton charity; also five shillings quarterage from Henry Walmsley, and seven from Robert
A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892
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This was the second year of the existence of the Canada Conference, and the first time that we have a report of their quarterage.
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