Hypertext Webster Gateway: "primage"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Primage \Pri"mage\ (?; 48), n. [F.] (Com.)
A charge in addition to the freight; originally, a gratuity
to the captain for his particular care of the goods
(sometimes called {hat money}), but now belonging to the
owners or freighters of the vessel, unless by special
agreement the whole or part is assigned to the captain.
--Homans.


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