lastage noun4 •(no longer used) A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will. •(no longer used) A tax on wares sold by the last.The better regulation of lastage and ballastage in the Thames. — 1759 •(no longer used) The lading of a ship; ballast.All maner of shyppes[…]shall brynge with them all theyr lastage of good stones. — 1543 •(no longer used) Room for stowing goods, as in a ship. formslastages