stallage C2 Topic:Business & Commerce Meanings 1 noun The erection and use of a stall at a fair or market. Stallage was due from every merchant who set up a booth. 2 noun The dues levied for the erection and use of a stall at a fair or market. Stallage and the like payments are made in respect of some user of the soil beyond the mere entry into the market; for no one has a right to erect a stall or appropriate part of the market place as a standing without making a satisfaction for it to the owner of the soil […] 3 noun dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw Stallage was due from every merchant who set up a booth. Etymology From stall + -age? Compare Old French estallange, of German origin. Topics Business & Commerce External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # stallage **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun ## Meanings 1. The erection and use of a stall at a fair or market. 2. The dues levied for the erection and use of a stall at a fair or market. 3. dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw ## Examples - Stallage was due from every merchant who set up a booth. - Stallage and the like payments are made in respect of some user of the soil beyond the mere entry into the market; for no one has a right to erect a stall or appropriate part of the market place as a standing without making a satisfaction for it to the owner of the soil […] - Stallage was due from every merchant who set up a booth. ## Etymology From stall + -age? Compare Old French estallange, of German origin. ## Topics - Business & Commerce markdown