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 charge for expressage may be either paid by shipper or collected from the consignee.
From The Express Companies of the United States A Study of a Public Utility by Bert Benedict
Rental terms are five dollars a week and expressage.
From Camping For Boys by Henry William Gibson
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.
A guest was never permitted to pay for anything; expressage, laundry and all incidentals were as free as air.
From Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War by Eugenia Dunlap Potts
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