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com⋅mon⋅age

[kom-uh-nij]
–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.

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