porterage

American  

[pawr-ter-ij, pohr-] / ˈpɔr tər ɪdʒ, ˈpoʊr- /

noun

1. the work of a porter or carrier.

2. the charge for such work.

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porterage British  

/ ˈpɔːtərɪdʒ /

noun

1. the work of carrying supplies, goods, etc, done by porters

2. the charge made for this

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Etymology

Origin of porterage

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at porter ¹, -age

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Example Sentences

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porterage

From providing porterage services to supplying food and other necessities that made the trade possible, local businesses also profited from the sale of enslaved people.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

It was already beyond maternal porterage, and Caddles, staggering indeed, but grinning triumphantly at quantitatively inferior parents, bore it back to the free-sitting occupied by his party.

From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

For many years the porterage of goods across this island to the Ottawa above—which is called Lake Chats—was a work of much difficulty and expense.

From Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada by Henry A. Murray

You paid far less for seeing me, I ken, Than porterage for seeing noble men.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 397, November 7, 1829 by Various

In addition to the porterage of goods they also undertake the hewing of wood, such as is used for warming purposes in the East.

From Turkey Peeps at Many Lands by Julius R. Van Millingen

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