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beveragium

beveragium [OF bevrage; cf. biber] , a drink, beverage. b drink-money (to seal a bargain). a 1206 habeat j navem cum cc modiis vini cum ~io marinellorum quietam ‥ ab omni consuetudine Pat 68a; 1421 nullus mercator extraneus ‥ poterat ‥ vendere in eadem villa [de Cadomo] ad detallium vel alias aleca seu bevragia quecumque (RNorm 15) Foed. X 48.  b 1199 emptor terre ‥ dabit j d. burgensibus ad beverage (Ch. Whitby) ChartR 14b; 1277 Ricardo le Taylur pro preparacione carentiville ad boves iij s. et in suo ~io iij d. Rec. Leic. I 178; 1281 burgensis ‥ pro dolio removendo de uno sellario ad alterum dat ij d. ob., videlicet j d. ville et j d. ob. pro berivagio et pro j dolio ad potum suum dabit denarium pro berivagio Stat. Gild. Berw. 42; 1291 super quam empcionem solvit ei j quad. in argento Dei et j potellum cervisie ad ~ium precii j d. (St. Ives) Law Merch. I 52; 1367 pro diversis nonschenches et ~iis Arch. Bridgw. 161; 1391 dati aurifabro ‥ pro ~io Ac. H. Derby 110.

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