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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Primage  \Pri"mage\  (?;  48),  n.  [F.]  (Com.) 
  A  charge  in  addition  to  the  freight;  originally,  a  gratuity 
  to  the  captain  for  his  particular  care  of  the  goods 
  (sometimes  called  {hat  money}),  but  now  belonging  to  the 
  owners  or  freighters  of  the  vessel,  unless  by  special 
  agreement  the  whole  or  part  is  assigned  to  the  captain. 
  --Homans.