QUARTERAGE

Etymology

Noun

quarterage (countable and uncountable, plural quarterages)

A quarterly payment or allowance, tax, pension, or wage paid or received.

The provision of quarters (as for troops), or the cost of it.

Source: Wiktionary


Quar"ter*age, n.

Definition: A quarterly allowance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

9 June 2025

HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

coffee icon