Home › Words › T › tronagetronagetronage · noun — the weighing of wool.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tronage ranks #16,849 of 42,862 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom trone (“a steelyard”) + -age.nounThe weighing of wool.A toll or duty paid for weighing wool.e.g.“he gave an account also of the profits of the tronage; as appears in the accompts of the customs, in the times of king Edward the first , Edward the second , Edward the third” — 1787, Francis Hargrave, A Collection of Tracts Relative to the Law of England:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tronator 68% match — An officer responsible for weighing wool. vs tronage →weighage 66% match — A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise. vs tronage →weighment 64% match — The weighing of goods. vs tronage →pesage 62% match — A fee or toll paid for the weighing of merchandise. vs tronage →alnage 61% match — Measurement (of cloth) by the ell, specifically, official inspection and measurement of woollen cloth, and attestation of its value by the affixing of a lead seal, as was once required by British law. vs tronage →truage 56% match — Tribute, as paid to a ruler or superior. vs tronage →trutination 55% match — The act of weighing. vs tronage →tallage 54% match — An impost. vs tronage →