1799. J. Robertson, Agric. Perth, 271. It is proper to add this centage to the aggregate sum of the rent.
1807. Southey, Espriella’s Lett. (1814), II. 69. He stipulated for a centage upon the clear increase of revenue above a certain sum.
1809. R. Langford, Introd. Trade, 130. Brokerage, centage or sum paid to a broker.
1832. Chalmers, Pol. Econ., viii. 245. There is scarcely any centage of taxation, however great, that would discourage cultivation.
