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Terms vs Scavage - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and scavage

is that terms is while scavage is (historical) a toll or duty anciently exacted from merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc for goods offered for sale within their precincts.

As a verb scavage is

to act as a scavenger, to scavenge.

terms

English

Noun

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    scavage

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) scavage, schevage, schewage, from (etyl) *.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A toll or duty anciently exacted from merchant strangers by mayors, sheriffs, etc. for goods offered for sale within their precincts.

    • Etymology 2

    Back-formation from scavager.

    Verb

    (scavag)
  • To act as a scavenger, to scavenge.