"bushelage" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bushelages [plural]
Etymology: From bushel + -age. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bushel|age}} bushel + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} bushelage (usually uncountable, plural bushelages)
  1. (UK, archaic) A duty payable on goods by the bushel. Tags: UK, archaic, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-bushelage-en-noun-Mt8PpNT7 Categories (other): British English
  2. A quantity of bushels. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-bushelage-en-noun-Nni6~nL1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91

Inflected forms

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