[f. STEAL v.1 + -AGE.] a. Losses due to stealing. b. nonce-use. The right of stealing.
1853. S. Hughes, Gas-works, 260. Mr. Croll in his parliamentary evidence estimated that one-sixth of the whole gas sent out would be absorbed by leakage and stealage.
1883. H. George, Soc. Probl., ii. 33. What a noble income would be that of a Duke of New York, a Marquis of Philadelphia, or a Count of San Francisco, who would administer the government of these municipalities for fifty per cent. of present waste and stealage!
1888. J. A. Morgan, Bankside Shaks., I. Introd. 16. Did Shakespeare sell the stealage as well as the stage-right of his plays?
