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Ad valorem
unknown · 78% connection
A term used to denote a duty or charge laid upon goods, at a certain rate per cent upon their value, as stated in their invoice, -- in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Apposer
noun · 78% connection
An examiner; one whose business is to put questions. Formerly, in the English Court of Exchequer, an officer who audited the sheriffs'…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Butlerage
noun · 78% connection
A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Charter
noun · 78% connection
The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Ethics
noun · 78% connection
The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Excuse
verb · 78% connection
That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Factor
noun · 78% connection
One who transacts business for another; an agent; a substitute; especially, a mercantile agent who buys and sells goods and transacts…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Handsel
noun · 78% connection
A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Hawk
verb · 78% connection
To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Hospitable
adjective · 78% connection
Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Hustings
n. pl. · 78% connection
A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Impose
verb · 78% connection
To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Impost
noun · 78% connection
That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Inquisitor
noun · 78% connection
One whose official duty it is to examine and inquire, as coroners, sheriffs, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Invoice
noun · 78% connection
The lot or set of goods as shipped or received; as, the merchant receives a large invoice of goods.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Itinerancy
noun · 78% connection
A discharge of official duty involving frequent change of residence; the custom or practice of discharging official duty in this way;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Keelage
noun · 78% connection
The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
Lastage
noun · 78% connection
A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: toll, duty, formerly, exacted, merchant.
