CONSULAGE

Etymology

Noun

consulage (plural consulages)

A charge or duty paid to a consul

Anagrams

• Ucalegons, aglucones

Source: Wiktionary


Con"sul*age, n. (Com.)

Definition: A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their connerce by means of a consul in a foreign place.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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