[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.
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Porterage
//ˈpɔːtəɹɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "porterage" (21 found)
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14 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- пренасяне на багаж noun (carrying or transportation of goods by a porter or other person)
- такса за носач noun (charge for such carrying or transportation)
Finnish
4 entries- kantajapalvelu noun (occupation of, or services provided by, a porter (person in control of the entrance to a building))
- kantajat noun (porters regarded collectively)
- kanto noun (carrying or transportation of goods by a porter or other person)
- kantomaksu noun (charge for such carrying or transportation)
Greek
2 entries- αγώγι noun (carrying or transportation of goods by a porter or other person)
- αγώγι noun (charge for such carrying or transportation)
Italian
1 entries- facchinaggio noun (carrying or transportation of goods by a porter or other person)
Manx
1 entries- argid laadee noun (charge for such carrying or transportation)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- حماللق noun (carrying or transportation of goods by a porter or other person)
Turkish
1 entries- hamallık noun (carrying or transportation of goods by a porter or other person)
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If Goods are to be brought Home to your ovvn Houſe, there are Charges for VVeighage, Cranage, Porterage, VVharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c. […] Porterage, is the paying the Porters at the VVaterſide, for loading, unloading, vveighing, craning, &c.
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Shipt, from Spain, 10 tuns of vvine, at 10 l [pounds] ſterling per hhd [hogshead]: payd, cuſtom at the port of London, 1 s [shilling] per gallon; the carriage, for lighterage, cartage, and porterage, amounted to 5 l.
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When parties talk about the cost of applying the railway system to the docks, it would be well for them to consider the cost of not applying it. […] How large an amount of expense is now incurred for cartage and porterage which might be saved by the employment of a different system?
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