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 

• PAVAGE (noun)

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)