Primage

In mercantile law. A duty payable to the master and mariners of a ship or vessel, — ^to the master for the use of his cables and ropes to discharge the goods of the merchant; to the mariners for lading and unlading in any port or haven.

Abb. Shipp. 270.

This payment appears to be of very ancient date, and to be variously regulated in different voyages and trades. It is sometimes called the "master's hat money."

3 Chit. Com. Law, 431.