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pipage

[pahy-pij]

pip·age

[pahy-pij]
noun
1.
conveyance, as of water, gas, or oil, by means of pipes.
2.
the pipes so used.
3.
the sum charged for the conveyance.

Origin:
1605–15; pipe1 + -age
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Pipage is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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pipage (ˈpaɪpɪdʒ)
 
n
1.  pipes collectively
2.  conveyance by pipes
3.  the money charged for such conveyance

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