porterage

Syllables: port·er·age/ˈpɔːtəɹɪd͡ʒ/US/ˈpɔɹtəɹəd͡ʒ/

porterage noun: the carrying or transportation of goods by a porter (“person who carries luggage and related objects”) or other person.

Noun (1)

porterage (countable and uncountable, plural porterages)

(uncountable) The carrying or transportation of goods by a porter (“person who carries luggage and related objects”) or other person.
- [T]he Gallant was ready punctually at his hour with three or four Porters, by the help of whom he quickly removed all the choice Goods or any that were worth Porterage to a place appointed.1680, [Francis Kirkman], “An Account and Character of Such who Went with Me in Our Voyage to a Plantation, […]”, in The English Rogue: Continued in the Life of Meriton Latroon, and Other...
- If Goods are to be brought Home to your ovvn Houſe, there are Charges for VVeighage, Cranage, Porterage, VVharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c. […] Porterage, is the paying the Porters at the VVaterſide, for loading, unloading, vveighing, craning, &c.1738, William Markham, “Part VII. Waterside Business, &c.”, in A General Introduction to Trade and Business. Or, The Young Merchant’s and Tradesman‘s Magazine. […], London: […] A. Bettesworth and C....
Synonyms:

portage
(uncountable) Porters regarded collectively.
- He [George Mallory] went down with [Charles Granville] Bruce and [Andrew] Irvine that same day to Camp III, intent on investigating afresh with Bruce's aid the question of available porterage. It was found just possible to collect together sufficient men, who were not indisposed, to carry up oxygen...1925, N[oel] E[wart] Odell, “Mallory and Irvine’s Attempt”, in E[dward] F[elix] Norton et al., The Fight for Everest: 1924, London: Edward Arnold & Co., →OCLC, page 122
(obsolete, rare, uncountable) Goods or other things which are carried; burdens.
- Novv, the parts in man that may be called the Porters, and vvhich bear the burdens that are carried, can be no other than the Scapula, and its Acromion, vvhich is the part upon vvhich the burden is pitched; and the back bone vvhich is the part that gives the greateſt ſtrength tovvards the bearing...1666, John Smith, “[Ecclesiastes 12.] Verse 5.”, in Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ [Gerokomia Basilike]: King Solomons Portraiture of Old Age. Wherein is Contained a Sacred Anatomy both of Soul and Body. […]...
The charge for such carrying or transportation.
- Boatage, and Porterage to the VVare-houſe1635, Richard Dafforne, “Here Followeth the Factor-book. Anno 1634. In Amsterdam.”, in The Merchants Mirrour: Or, Directions for the Perfect Ordering and Keeping of His Accounts; […], London: […] R....
- The neareſt rivals of our manufacturers, are thoſe of Europe, vvho are ſubjected to the follovving charges in bringing their goods into our market: […] porterages, freight, insurance, damage, intereſt of money, vvaſte, and loſs on exchange.1787 June, Tench Coxe, “An Enquiry into the Principles, on which a Commercial System for the United States of America should be Founded; […]”, in The American Museum, or Repository of Ancient and...
Synonyms:

portage

Noun (2)

porterage (uncountable)

The occupation of, or services provided by, a porter (“person in control of the entrance to a building”).
- In rules of Porterage untaught, / Simplicity, not vvorth a groat, / For years had kept the Temple door; / Full on his breaſt a glaſs he vvore, / Thro' vvhich his boſom open lay / To ev'ry one vvho paſs'd that vvay.1764, C[harles] Churchill, “Book II”, in The Duellist. A Poem. […], London: […] G. Kearsly, […]; W. Flexney, […]; J. Coote, […]; C. Henderson, […]; J. Gardiner, […]; and J. Almon, […], →OCLC, pages...
- There is an underground parking space for each flat, a 24-hour porterage service and careful security arrangements.1994, Peter Ambrose, “The Impact of ‘Neo-liberal’ Policies on the Built Environment”, in Urban Process and Power, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, part III (Power – New Ideologies and Their...

porterage meaning in Tamil

porterage in Tamil

எடு கூலி, சுமை கூலி, சுமைக்கூலி, தூக்குக் கூலி

Examples of porterage in a sentence

The specific job of the Kohathites is the porterage of the most sacred objects (enumerated in vv. 5–15) by shoulder (4:15; 7:9).1990, Jacob Milgrom, “The Second Levite Census”, in Nahum M[attathias] Sarna, editor, Numbers = במדבר [Ba-midbar]: The Traditional Hebrew...
He [George Mallory] went down with [Charles Granville] Bruce and [Andrew] Irvine that same day to Camp III, intent on investigating afresh with Bruce's aid the question of available porterage.1925, N[oel] E[wart] Odell, “Mallory and Irvine’s Attempt”, in E[dward] F[elix] Norton et al., The Fight for Everest: 1924, London: Edward...
Twenty-four-hour porterage and a modern security system.1997 October 1, P[hyllis] D[orothy] James, chapter 20, in A Certain Justice, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 181:

Synonyms of porterage

portage

Forms of porterage

plural	porterages

Origin of porterage

From porter (“person who carries luggage and related objects”) + -age (suffix forming nouns indicating an action, process, or result; a charge, fee, or toll; or a relationship or state). Cognates * Anglo-Norman portage, porterage * Late Latin portagium

From porter (“person in control of the entrance to a building”) + -age (suffix forming nouns indicating a relationship or state).

Questions about porterage

What does porterage mean?: Porterage means the carrying or transportation of goods by a porter (“person who carries luggage and related objects”) or other person.
What is porterage in Tamil?: Porterage in Tamil is எடு கூலி, சுமை கூலி, சுமைக்கூலி. See Porterage meaning in Tamil.
How do you use porterage in a sentence?: The specific job of the Kohathites is the porterage of the most sacred objects (enumerated in vv. 5–15) by shoulder (4:15; 7:9).
What part of speech is porterage?: Porterage is a noun.
How do you pronounce porterage?: Porterage is pronounced /ˈpɔːtəɹɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of porterage?: The plural of porterage is porterages.

Words near porterage in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: porterage (page history and authors); porterage (Tamil 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-porterage.wav.

Cite this entry: “porterage.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/porterage. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.