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porterage

[ pawr-ter-ij, pohr- ]

noun

  1. the work of a porter port or carrier.
  2. the charge for such work.


porterage

/ ˈpɔːtərɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the work of carrying supplies, goods, etc, done by porters
  2. the charge made for this
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of porterage1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; porter 1, -age
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Example Sentences

Much saving in porterage is thus accomplished; the telegrams are delivered in a few minutes, and rarely, if ever, lost.

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

My bag this time made no great demands on my powers of porterage, consisting as it did of a solitary snipe.

The man who plunders is no longer a man, he is a machine for porterage, and all who list may treat him as a slave.

This I was becoming ready, more and more every day, to do; especially as nobody ever now came down for porterage.

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