[1685–95; freight + -age]This word is first recorded in the period 1685–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: accumulator, align, patchwork, protectorate, sterilize-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)
Examples of 'freightage' in a sentence
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The model takes into account the freightage waiting time, the parameters of a single freight flow and freight structure parameters.
P. Gorbachov, А. Makarychev, N. Kuzlo 2014, 'PROBABILISTIC FLOW MODEL OF FREIGHT ORDERING WITH CONSIDERATION OF REGULARITIES OFTHEIR RECEPTION', Avtomobilʹnyj Transport (Harʹkov)http://dspace.khadi.kharkov.ua/dspace/bitstream/123456789/933/1/16_34.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two approaches to the definition of the single freightage waiting time by the carrier are proposed.
N. Ponomariova, А. Makarichev, N. Mospan 2015, 'EVALUTION OF THE SINGLE INTERCITY FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION WAITING TIME', Avtomobilʹnyj Transport (Harʹkov)http://dspace.khadi.kharkov.ua/dspace/bitstream/123456789/1095/1/%D0%90%D0%A2_36_20.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)