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com⋅mon⋅age

  [kom-uh-nij]
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–noun
1. the joint use of anything, esp. a pasture.
2. the state of being held in common.
3. something that is so held, as land.
4. commonalty.
Origin:
1600–10; common + -age
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com·mon·age   (kŏm'ə-nĭj)   
n.  

  1. The right to pasture animals on common land.

  2. The state of being held in common.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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