A charge or fee paid for storage or keeping goods at the back of a property, or refuse and waste matter.
From back + -age (Old French -age, suffix creating nouns of action or condition). The suffix -age often indicates a charge, fee, or collection of items.
In medieval and early modern commerce, backage charges were a hidden cost of doing business—fees for storing goods in back rooms, often used by merchants to increase profit beyond stated prices.
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