porterage
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porterage¹
- /ˈpɔːtəɹɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈpɔːtɹɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈpɔɹtəɹəd͡ʒ/ US
- [-ɾə-] US
Where it comes from
From porter (“person who carries luggage and related objects”) + -age (suffix forming nouns indicating an action, process, or result; a charge, fee, or toll; or a relationship or state).
Cognates
* Anglo-Norman portage, porterage
* Late Latin portagium
noun porterages
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The carrying or transportation of goods by a porter (“person who carries luggage and related objects”) or other person.
[T]he Gallant was ready punctually at his hour with three or four Porters, by the help of whom he quickly removed all the choice Goods or any that were worth Porterage to a place appointed.
Similar: portage
- Porters regarded collectively. He [George Mallory] went down with [Charles Granville] Bruce and [Andrew] Irvine that same day to Camp III, intent on investigating afresh with Bruce's aid the question of available porterage. It was found just possible to collect together sufficient men, who were not indisposed, to carry up oxygen
- Goods or other things which are carried; burdens. Novv, the parts in man that may be called the Porters, and vvhich bear the burdens that are carried, can be no other than the Scapula, and its Acromion, vvhich is the part upon vvhich the burden is pitched; and the back bone vvhich is the part that gives the greateſt ſtrength tovvards the bearing of
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The charge for such carrying or transportation.
Boatage, and Porterage to the VVare-houſe
Similar: portage
porterage²
- /ˈpɔːtəɹɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈpɔːtɹɪd͡ʒ/ UK
- /ˈpɔɹtəɹəd͡ʒ/ US
- [-ɾə-] US
Where it comes from
From porter (“person in control of the entrance to a building”) + -age (suffix forming nouns indicating a relationship or state).
noun
- The occupation of, or services provided by, a porter (“person in control of the entrance to a building”). In rules of Porterage untaught, / Simplicity, not vvorth a groat, / For years had kept the Temple door; / Full on his breaſt a glaſs he vvore, / Thro' vvhich his boſom open lay / To ev'ry one vvho paſs'd that vvay.
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noun carrying or transportation of goods by a porter or other person
| Italiano | facchinaggio |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | αγώγι agógi |
noun charge for such carrying or transportation
| Ελληνικά | αγώγι agógi |
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title = {porterage},
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