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cartage

Syllables: car·tage/ˈkɑɹtɪd͡ʒ/UK/ˈkɑːtɪd͡ʒ/

cartage noun: the transport of goods by cart.

Noun

cartage (countable and uncountable, plural cartages)

  1. The transport of goods by cart.
    • Near-synonym: wagonage
    • Railways are forming in one quarter of this earth, canals in another, much cartage is wanted1848, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle
    Synonyms:
    carting, wagonage
  2. Any vehicular transportation of goods.
    • Near-synonyms: shipping, carriage
    • I started general cartage work and hauling bagged cement to Pine Creek, south of Darwin.2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21
    Synonyms:
    shipping, carriage
  3. A charge made for such transport.
    • Near-synonym: wagonage
    • Two-thirds of the usual expense of street cleansing is the expense of cartage, which, with a proper adaptation of the sewers, is wholly unnecessary.1842 Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners - Report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, from the Poor Law
    Synonyms:
    wagonage

cartage meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

cartage in Tamil

வண்டிக் கூலி, வண்டிக்கூலி, வண்டிச் சத்தம், கூலி, கடத்தல், வண்டுச்சத்தம்

cartage in Malayalam

വണ്ടിക്കൂലി, വണ്ടിവാടക

cartage in Kannada

ಗಾದಿ ಬಾಡಿಗೆ

Synonyms of cartage

Forms of cartage

pluralcartages

Origin of cartage

From cart + -age.

Questions about cartage

What does cartage mean?
Cartage means the transport of goods by cart.
What is cartage in Tamil?
Cartage in Tamil is வண்டிக் கூலி, வண்டிக்கூலி, வண்டிச் சத்தம். See Cartage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cartage?
Cartage is a noun.
How do you pronounce cartage?
Cartage is pronounced /ˈkɑːtɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of cartage?
The plural of cartage is cartages.

Words near cartage in the dictionary

  1. cart00nies
  2. Carta
  3. cartaback
  4. cartabacks
  5. cartable
  6. cartage
  7. Cartagena
  8. Cartagena bark
  9. Cartagena barks
  10. Cartagenan
  11. Cartagenans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cartage (page history and authors); cartage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cartage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cartage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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