Beaconage

Beaconage
Beaconage Bea"con*age, n. Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon; also, beacons, collectively. [1913 Webster]

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  • beaconage — /bee keuh nij/, n. Naut. 1. a number or system of beacons. 2. a tax or fee for maintaining beacons. [1600 10; BEACON + AGE] * * * …   Universalium

  • beaconage — n. fee for the maintenance of a beacon; beacons (in a collective manner) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • beaconage — bea·con·age …   English syllables

  • beaconage — Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon or signal light …   Black's law dictionary

  • beaconage — Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon or signal light …   Black's law dictionary

  • beaconage — Money paid as expenses to maintain beacons or signal lights …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • beaconage — (ˌ)nij noun ( s) : charges levied for the maintenance of beacons …   Useful english dictionary

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  • average — A mean proportion, medial sum or quantity, made out of unequal sums or quantities. Brisendine v. Skousen Bros., 48 Ariz. 416, 62 P.2d 326, 329. In ordinary usage the term signifies the mean between two or more quantities, measures, or numbers. If …   Black's law dictionary

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