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PAVAGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pavage mean?
• PAVAGE (noun)
The noun PAVAGE has 2 senses:
1. a tax toward paving streets
2. the act of applying paving materials to an area
Familiarity information: PAVAGE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tax toward paving streets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("pavage" is a kind of...):
revenue enhancement; tax; taxation (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)
Derivation:
pave (cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of applying paving materials to an area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
pavage; paving
Hypernyms ("pavage" is a kind of...):
application; coating; covering (the work of applying something)
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