Obs. Also 4 kostage, coustage, 6 costag, custage. [a. AF. costage = OF. coustage, f. coster, couster to COST.]
Expense, expenditure, charge, cost.
a. 1327. in Pol. Songs (Camden), 239. Whose rykeneth with knaves Huere coustage.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Shipm. T., 45. Ful of diligence To do plesaunce, and also gret costage.
c. 1430. Sir Gener. (Roxb.), 2302. Ye shal wende at my costage.
1516. Plumpton Corr., p. cxxiv. Charged with all manner costage belonging to the said house and houshold.
1577. Hanmer, Anc. Eccl. Hist. (1619), 386. He gaue them their costage, to wit, necessary prouision for their voyage.
1670. Pettus, Fodinæ Reg., xix. 88. If any Miner or other take Costage of a Merchant.
b. pl. Expenses, ‘charges,’ ‘costs.’
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 11917. Þer ys no kyng doþ suche costages.
1429. Wills & Inv. N. C. (Surtees), 69, note. Ye grete costages & exp’nces at I haue hadd.
1514. in Eng. Gilds (1870), 145. Atte custages … of the seid Maister and brethern of the seid Gilde.
1670. Pettus, Fodinæ Reg., 88. The Mine was found at his Costages.
