ˈhat-money
[In Fr. chapeau, Sp. sombrero, app. because dropped in a hat.]
(See quots.)
| 1676 C. Molloy De Jure Maritimo ii. ix. §6 (1688) 270 Petty Averidge is another small Duty which Merchants pay to the Master..The French Ships commonly term the Gratuity Hat-money. 1755 tr. Ordenenzas di Bilbao in Magens Insurances II. App. xiv. 395 By reason of what the Captain's Hat-Money [sombrero] or Primage is wont to vary. 1808 C. Abbott Law Merch. Ships ii. vi. §3 (ed. 3) 270 The word primage denotes a small payment to the master for his care and trouble..It is sometimes called the master's hat money. 1825 Ryan & Moody's Rep. (1827) 177 It was called hat-money, sometimes pocket-money. 1861 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl., Hat-Money, or primage, is a small sum..paid along with the freight, to the master of a ship for his care. It is entirely regulated by usage. |