Also 9 balliage, bailiage. [f. BAIL v.1, or AF. baillier to deliver: perh. there was an AF. *bailliage or med.L. *balliagium in this sense.] A duty upon delivery of goods.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., Water Bailiage or Bailage, is an antient duty received by the city of London, for all goods and merchandises brought into or carried out of the port.
1800. Colquhoun, Comm. Thames, xi. 332. Of Balliage, or Delivery of Goods.
1809. R. Langford, Introd. Trade, 129. Bailage, duty paid on goods to the City of London.
¶ See also BAILLIAGE.
