expressage
the business of transmitting parcels, money, etc., by express.
the charge for such transmission.
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How to use expressage in a sentence
A guest was never permitted to pay for anything; expressage, laundry and all incidentals were as free as air.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War | Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap PottsThe only expense connected with the use of the lectures and slides will be the expressage from Fairfield to place and return.
Bird Lore, Volume I--1899 | VariousWhen delivered from the publishers, carriage, either postage or expressage, is an extra charge.
Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama | Walter L. FlemingWe spend our money for expressage, and we want the express companies to give us a minimum rate.
Just three dollars and sixty-seven cents she had left in her pocket-book after paying the expressage on the suit-case.
The Mystery of Mary | Grace Livingston Hill
British Dictionary definitions for expressage
/ (ɪkˈsprɛsɪdʒ) /
the conveyance of merchandise by express
the fee charged for such conveyance
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