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
Samples 50 cents, three for $1.00, sent free of expressage.
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
Mrs. Maze burst forth again: "If I had the least confidence in the world in any human express company, I would send it by express and pay the expressage myself."
From A Pair of Patient Lovers by William Dean Howells
This plan would save time, and also the cost of crating and expressage if done at Tarrytown.
From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
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