Middle English Dictionary Entry
quarterāǧ(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | quarterāǧ(e n. Also quartrage. |
| Etymology | ML quarterāgium & OF quarterage. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A regular payment made or received four times a year; quarterly dues, tithes, etc.
Associated quotations
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)45/23 : Wardeins schul gadere þe qwarterage of bretheren & sustren and trewelich ȝyld here Acompt þerof.
- (1389) Lond.Gild Ret.in Bk.Lond.E.(PRO C 47/var.)59/46 : We willetȝ haue twey wardeynes..to gader oure quartrages.
- (1420-21) Rec.St.Mary at Hill61 : Receued on þe Assomcion day for quarterage, vj s. vj d.
- (1421-2) Rec.St.Mary at Hill62 : Receued on Whitsonday in quarterage, vj s. ix d.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.150/308 : These been þe names þat arn entred for Bretheren yn þese ij ȝeris, and refuse to Paye her Quarterage.
- (1432-3) Doc.Merchant York in Sur.Soc.12937,38 : Resayved xlij s.viij d. of xxxij persones for thaire quartrage..and yitte ther is behynde v persones in arrerage for thaire quarterage.
- (1438) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.1 : We..wardeynes haue rescettes of quarterag now at the Fest of seynt Michell..x s.ij d.
- (1439) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.2 : Thes ben ye rescettes..receued of quarterages nowe atte feste of seint michell.
- (c1450) Gild Bk.Aldersgate (Add 37664)71 : The auditours schal aske a juste rekynynge..of al the quarterages for the yere.
- (1451-2) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.16 : Entrees of Bretheren and ffynes & Quarterages.
- (1452-3) Doc.in HMC Rep.5 App.521a : The forsayde Jurattes of this yere shulle nue augystt her bokys and rollis of her quarteragis.
- (1454-56) Acc.St.Andrew Hubbard in BMag.31243 : Item, receiued by viij termes for quarterages.
- (1456-7) Doc.in Welch Hist.Pewterers Lond.20 : These ben the names of the brotheren of þe said Crafte þat paien quarterage.
- (?c1460) Paston2.218 : Your maystership send me word be Ser Jamyn that I shuld pay hem her quarterage.
- -?-(1435) Doc.in Power Craft Surg.309 : Of Quarterage..it is ordeined..that eueri Cirurgian of the felowschipe..paie ȝeerli ij d. a quarter..that is, viij d. aȝeer.