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
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
The Department will be able to stand a reasonable expense for cost of nuts, expressage, etc.
From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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
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
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