What is "peage"

Paage \Pa"age\ (p[=a]"[asl]j; 48), n. [OF. paage, paiage, F. p['e]age, fr. (assumed) LL. pedaticum, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See Pedage, Pedal.] (O. Eng. Law) A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [Written also peage and pedage.]
--Burke.

Peag \Peag\, n. [Written also peage, peak, peeke.] [Prob. of North American Indian origin, by shortening of wampumpeag.
--RHUD.] A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads. See also wampum.

n. 1 archaic: toll for passage 2 (alternative form of pedage English)

The Péage is the French word for Toll plaza and in other French speaking countries it refers to the complete toll-road system or a specific main route using toll roads: we use the péage and not the route nationale

for further reading see: Toll road

Some countries using the term Péage

• France - Autoroutes of France
• Morocco - Moroccan expressways
• Quebec - Autoroute 25 bridge, Autoroute 30

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