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
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
Jack was a little worried about his father, and made an early start the next morning, carrying the mail and expressage.
From Jack of the Pony Express by Webster, Frank V.
Just three dollars and sixty-seven cents she had left in her pocket-book after paying the expressage on the suit-case.
From The Mystery of Mary by Hill, Grace Livingston
He paid me the expressage, and seemed quite anxious to know just when I could ship the boxes, and when they'd arrive in San Francisco.
From The Motor Boys on the Pacific Or, the Young Derelict Hunters by Young, Clarence
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