单词 | expressage |
释义 | expressage in British English (ɪkˈsprɛsɪdʒ) noun 1. the conveyance of merchandise by express 2. the fee charged for such conveyance expressage in American English (ɛksˈprɛsɪdʒ; ɪkˈsprɛsɪdʒ) US noun 1. the carrying of packages, etc. by express 2. the charge for this expressage in American English (ikˈspresɪdʒ) noun 1. the business of transmitting parcels, money, etc., by express 2. the charge for such transmission Word origin [1855–60, Amer.; express + -age]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, keyword, kickoff, lavabo, specialist-age is a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech,occurring originally in loanwords from French (voyage; courage) and productive in English with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage; breakage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of”(seepage; wreckage; spoilage), “place of living or business” (parsonage; brokerage), “social standing or relationship” (bondage; marriage; patronage), and “quantity, measure, or charge” (footage; shortage; tonnage; towage) |
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