peaxe

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Galician

Trilingual sign at a Galician toll road

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese peage, and already attested in 12th century local Medieval Latin documents as pedagium vel sim; probably from Old French or Old Occitan. Cognate with Spanish peaje or English pedage.

Pronunciation

Noun

peaxe f (plural peaxes)

  1. (taxation) pedage; toll
    • 1416, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 3:
      fazemosvos saber que o dito señor rey franqueou et feso exsentos et franquos por seu privellejo a todos los vesiños et moradores desta dita çidade de todos los ditos portadgos et peajes
      we let you know that said Kind our Lord exempted and made exempt and tax-free, by his privilege, all the neighbours and dwellers of this city, of all of said tolls and pedages
  2. toll booth

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