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cartage

[ kahr-tij ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

cartage

/ ˈkɑːtɪdʒ /

Origin of cartage¹

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; cart, -age

To the invoice must be added the freight and cartage—items which must be supplied by the accounting department.

Cartage charges vary from six to eighteen cents per hundred pounds.

A small parlor organ is practically a necessity and can probably be procured for the cost of the cartage.

If the Romney man sends them to be ground up at the paper-mill, he may pay himself for the cartage and his time.

He was soon chosen to enforce the rules regulating the unloading of vessels and the cartage of goods.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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