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weighage

weighage noun: a duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise.

Noun

weighage (countable and uncountable, plural weighages)

  1. A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise.
    • If Goods are to be brought Home to your own House, there are Charges for Weighage, Cranage, Porterage, Wharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c.1738, William Markham, A General Introduction to Trade and Business

Forms of weighage

pluralweighages

Origin of weighage

From weigh + -age.

Questions about weighage

What does weighage mean?
Weighage means a duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise.
What part of speech is weighage?
Weighage is a noun.
What is the plural of weighage?
The plural of weighage is weighages.

Words near weighage in the dictionary

  1. weigh up
  2. weigh'd
  3. weigh-in
  4. weigh-ins
  5. weighable
  6. weighage
  7. weighages
  8. weighbeam
  9. weighbeams
  10. weighboard
  11. weighboards

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