STUMPAGE

Etymology

Noun

stumpage (countable and uncountable, plural stumpages)

Trees and other standing timber, treated as a commodity.

• C. S. Sargent

The value of this timber.

The right to fell such timber.

The fee for the right to fell such timber.

Source: Wiktionary

Stump"age, n.

1. Timber in standing trees, -- often sold without the land at a fixed price per tree or per stump, the stumps being counted when the land is cleared. [Local, U.S.] Only trees above a certain size are allowed to be cut by loggers buying stumpage from the owners of land. C. S. Sargent.

2. A tax on the amount of timber cut, regulated by the price of lumber. [Local, U.S.] The Nation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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