factorage

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FAC'TORAGE, noun the allowance given to a factor by his employer, as a compensation for his services; called also a commission. This is sometimes a certain sum or rate by the cask or package; more generally it is a certain rate per cent. Of the value of the goods, purchased or sold.
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