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
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
Tell papa I must have some new boots—very thick, with broad soles and low heels—and entreat him not to send them C. O. D., for I truly can't pay the expressage.
From Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
You're always paying expressage on fossils and bugs and sea-weeds and trash.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 by Various
Sent on receipt of price, or C. O. D. For 50 cts. extra, with order, I will prepay expressage to any railroad station east of Mississippi River and north of Mason and Dixon's line.
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