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
Example Sentences
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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
He took everything offered him from a brownstone front downwards, until it got to a bull-pup with the expressage unpaid—there he stopped.
From The Honest American Voter's Little Catechism for 1880 by Harding, Blythe
The books in each case will be sent by express, the subscriber to pay expressage.
From Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum by Sullivan, James William
Computing the cost of telegrams, postage, expressage, for a real message or package, from the published tariffs.
From The Psychology of Arithmetic by Thorndike, Edward L. (Edward Lee)
This plan would save time, and also the cost of crating and expressage if done at Tarrytown.
From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth
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