peage

noun

pe·​age

ˈpāij

plural -s

archaic

: toll for passage

Word History

Etymology

Middle English payage, from Middle French paiage, from Medieval Latin pedaticum, pedagium, from Latin ped-, pes foot + -aticum -age or Medieval Latin -agium (alteration of Latin -aticum)

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