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Noun: stumpage  stúm-pij
  1. The value of standing timber
    "The forester calculated the stumpage before the logging operation began"
     
  2. A fee paid for the right to harvest standing timber
    "The company paid stumpage to the government for logging rights in the national forest"

Derived forms: stumpages

Encyclopedia: Stumpage