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drayage

Syllables: dray·age/ˈdɹeɪ.ɪdʒ/

drayage noun: transportation by dray.

Noun

drayage (countable and uncountable, plural drayages)

  1. Transportation by dray.
  2. (broadly) The transport of goods over a short distance, particularly from a terminal such as an ocean port to another destination, usually as part of a longer transportation of the goods.
  3. A fee paid for the provision of such transportation.

Forms of drayage

pluraldrayages

Origin of drayage

From dray (“a low horse-drawn cart”) + -age.

Questions about drayage

What does drayage mean?
Drayage means transportation by dray.
What part of speech is drayage?
Drayage is a noun.
How do you pronounce drayage?
Drayage is pronounced /ˈdɹeɪ.ɪdʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of drayage?
The plural of drayage is drayages.

Words near drayage in the dictionary

  1. Dray Bhăng
  2. dray horse
  3. dray-horse
  4. dray-man
  5. dray-men
  6. drayage
  7. drayages
  8. Draycott
  9. Draycott and Church Wilne
  10. Draycott in the Clay
  11. Draycott in the Moors

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