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▪ I. porterage, n.1|ˈpɔətərɪdʒ|
[f. porter n.2 + -age.]
1. The action or work of a porter; carriage or transportation of goods, parcels, etc.; also, the charge for this, or the manpower available for hire as porters.
1437–8in 5th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 541/1, 5s. 8d. received from the Porters in the Strande, for the porterage of fish this year. 1611Lett. E. India Co. (1896) I. 141 Item for porterage of particulars above to the barque, 03. 13. 1671L. Roberts Merch. Map Commerce (ed. 2) 54 Other charges are Boat-hire, Wharfage, Porterage and Ware-house room. 1761Chron. in Ann. Reg. 123/2 The carrier had no right to stop the goose for the porterage. 1809R. Langford Introd. Trade 134 Porterage, the hire of porters. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey I. 241 Female porterage is the custom of the country. 1880Post Office Guide 235 When the addressee resides beyond the free delivery, porterage is charged. 1884G. W. R. Time Tables July 83 No charge for porterage..at Holyhead. 1925E. F. Norton Fight for Everest: 1924 122 He went down with Bruce and Irvine that same day to Camp III, intent on investigating afresh with Bruce's aid the question of available porterage.
†2. Something to be carried, a burden. Obs. rare.
1666J. Smith Old Age (1676) 179 These Porters do now become a porterage themselves, and those parts that were wont to bear the greatest burdens, are now so great a burden.
3. attrib. as porterage fee, porterage work.
1774Acts Gen. Assembly Georgia (1881) 418 For any Porterage Work from the several parts of the Town..to any of the Wharves the like rates. 1895Westm. Gaz. 18 Apr. 7/1 Even the British Commissioner when he journeys to and from Uganda has to employ slave labour for porterage purposes. 1906Daily Chron. 12 Nov. 5/4 A tariff regulating porterage fees. 1957M. Banton W. Afr. City ii. 31 Members of this tribe had started coming to Freetown to pick up a living by doing porterage work in the streets.
▪ II. ˈporterage, n.2
[f. porter n.1 + -age.]
The duty or occupation of a porter or door-keeper. Also, the availability of the services of a porter or caretaker.
1763Churchill Duellist ii. 161 In rules of Porterage untaught. 1975Country Life 22 May (Suppl.) 48/1 Luxury flats..24 hour porterage. 1980Sunday Times 20 Jan. 49/1 Purpose-built studio flat..CH, CHW, porterage. |