porterage
Americannoun
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the work of carrying supplies, goods, etc, done by porters
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the charge made for this
Etymology
Origin of porterage
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at porter 1, -age
Example Sentences
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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
Between the provision tax, porterage and paddlers, I believe that the people of Bompona have got very little time to themselves.
From The Crime of the Congo by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A great idea is labouring its way to birth in his mind—an idea that may give him a better foothold here than any casually escaped fox or precarious porterage of messages can ever do.
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
He then left them, and went alone into the forest to find Maroons for the porterage.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield
Owner of car will oblige by telegraphing acceptance of offer, with name and address, early to-morrow, paying porterage, which will be refunded.—Armathwaite,
From The House 'Round the Corner by Louis Tracy
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