weighage
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
weighage (countable and uncountable, plural weighages)
- A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise.
- 1738, William Markham, A General Introduction to Trade and Business:
- If Goods are to be brought Home to your own House, there are Charges for Weighage, Cranage, Porterage, Wharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c.
References edit
- “weighage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.