fosterage noun. ['fɒst(ǝ)rɪdʒ] E17.
[from FOSTER verb + -AGE.]
1. The action of fostering a child; responsibility for fostering a child. E17.

2. Hist. The custom among the Scottish and Irish nobility of employing a tenant as a foster-mother. L18.

3. The action of encouraging or promoting something. E19.

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