expressage
Americannoun
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the business of transmitting parcels, money, etc., by express.
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the charge for such transmission.
noun
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the conveyance of merchandise by express
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the fee charged for such conveyance
Etymology
Origin of expressage
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Maryland limits spending but exempts postage, telegrams, telephoning, stationery, printing, advertising, radio and television programs, publishing, expressage, travel and board, if paid by the candidate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its total receipts were $11,030 in fixed sums and the personal donations of its working members in telegrams, postage, car fare, expressage, use of automobiles, etc., amounted to thousands.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Ida Husted Harper
Computing the cost of telegrams, postage, expressage, for a real message or package, from the published tariffs.
From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Edward L. (Edward Lee) Thorndike
Come in"—thump—"like as not it's a mistake"—bang—"but the expressage was prepaid.
From The Window at the White Cat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
That same afternoon he read the last chapter to Blix, and she helped him to prepare the manuscript for expressage.
From Blix by Frank Norris
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