▪ I. linage
(ˈlaɪnɪdʒ)
Also lineage.
[f. line n.2 + -age.]
a. Position (of figures) in line. b. Quantity of printed or written matter estimated in number of lines. c. Payment according to the number of lines; also, the charge made (by a newspaper, etc.) according to the number of lines occupied by an advertisement, etc.
| a. 1883 in Are we to read backwards? 39 The modern Arabic figures—uniform in linage—were more legible than the ‘old style’ figures. |
| b. 1884 Nonconf. & Indep. 9 May 446/1 Fair progress was made, though no great amount of lineage of the Bill was disposed of. |
| c. 1888 Globe 27 Oct. 6/5 An editor..offered him [Mr. Swinburne] ‘lineage’ for a poem. 1898 Kendal Mercury 7 Jan. 5/6 One of the terms of the engagement was that he [a reporter] was to have half the ‘lineage’. 1961 in Webster. 1968 Listener 20 June 818/2 (Advt.), Linage 6s. 6d. a line. 1971 Timber Trades Jrnl. 14 Aug. 61 Linage. Minimum 20 words. 10p per word. |
▪ II. linage
obs. form of lineage.