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porterage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun porterage has 2 senses
- porterage(n = noun.possession) - the charge for carrying burdens by porters; is a kind of charge
- porterage(n = noun.act) - the transportation of burdens by porters; is a kind of carry
Derived form verb porter1
Derived form verb porter1
CIDE DICTIONARY
porterage, n.
- The work of a porter; the occupation of a carrier or of a doorkeeper. [1913 Webster]
- Money charged or paid for the carriage of burdens or parcels by a porter. [1913 Webster]
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porterage
Transference
N transfer, transference, translocation, elocation, displacement, metastasis, metathesis, removal, remotion, amotion, relegation, deportation, asportation, extradition, conveyance, draft, carrying, carriage, convection, conduction, contagion, transfer, transit, transition, passage, ferry, gestation, portage, porterage, carting, cartage, shoveling, vection, vecture, vectitation, shipment, freight, wafture, transmission, transport, transportation, importation, exportation, transumption, transplantation, translation, shifting, dodging, dispersion, transposition, traction, drift, transferred, drifted, movable, portable, portative, mailable, contagious, from hand to hand, from pillar to post, on the way, by the way, on the road, on the wing, under way, in transit, on course, as one goes, in transitu, en route, chemin faisant, en passant, in mid progress, in mid course.
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