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UK
/pˈɔːtəɹɪdʒ/
]
NOUN
- the transportation of burdens by porters
- the charge for carrying burdens by porters
How To Use porterage In A Sentence
- The cabinet body bottom has the mat feet, protecting the cabinet body while placing or moving be free from damage, the convenience uses the fork car porterage.
- This includes entertainment, tea and coffee and porterage of luggage. The Sun
- Further, let us get rid of all superfluous baggage, save only what we require for the sake of war, or meat and drink, so that as many of us as possible may be under arms, and as few as possible doing porterage. Anabasis
- Because of the porterage problems, they had to abandon their boat along the way and could only look on from the shore. To the Source
- In a tsetse-free zone, where all sections of society adapted quickly to the use of animal draught, South Africa had a great transport advantage over many other parts of the continent that were dependent on humans for porterage.
- The demands for porterage were so exorbitant next morning, that we set out on foot under the guidance of Tom Peter. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
- Even when the carriage is paid, there is still porterage from the station to the place of delivery, which cannot be prepaid - sixpence, or eightpence, or a shilling, according to the bulk. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
- An indefinite ‘work to rule’ has also started, which will see nurses refusing to carry out porterage and administrative tasks, as well as certain medical duties such as taking blood samples.
- The place has 24-hour porterage, a concierge service, a further lav and, ooh, lots of storage space. Times, Sunday Times
- It was already beyond maternal porterage, and Caddles, staggering indeed, but grinning triumphantly at quantitatively inferior parents, bore it back to the free-sitting occupied by his party. The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth