单词 | porterage |
释义 | porteragen.1 1. Carriage or transportation of goods, parcels, etc.; a charge for carriage or transportation. Also: the personnel available to act as porters. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > carriage of goods, etc. portage1423 carriage1425 portage money1552 porterage1611 port1615 carrying cost1846 traffic1887 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person porterage1611 portering1736 porterage1764 coalbacking1849 totinga1862 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > porter > manpower of porterage1925 1611 in W. Foster Lett. received by E. India Co. (1896) I. 141 Item for porterage of particulars above to the barque, 03. 13. 1671 L. Roberts Merchants Mappe of Commerce (ed. 2) 54 Other charges are Boat-hire, Wharfage, Porterage and Ware-house room. 1736 S.-Carolina Gaz. 26 June 1/2 Sept. 1. paid Porterage of sundrys to Boats 1£ 5 s. 1761 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 123/2 The carrier had no right to stop the goose for the porterage. 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 134 Porterage, the hire of porters. 1880 Post Office Guide 235 When the addressee resides beyond the free delivery, porterage is charged. 1925 N. E. Odell in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 122 He went down with Bruce and Irvine that same day to Camp III, intent on investigating afresh with Bruce's aid the question of available porterage. 1991 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 17 556 In 1830 a Betsileo workforce of 21,000 men was formed and settled in a specially created industrial village named Soamalaza for the mining, quarrying and porterage of lime and sulphur. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > [noun] > of loads > a load ladec897 seamc950 lastOE burdena1000 charge?c1225 load?c1225 burnc1375 draughta1400 summerc1400 portage1445 pauchlea1450 fraughtc1450 freightc1503 loadinga1513 carriage1597 ballast1620 cargo1657 porterage1666 freightage1823 smalls1846 journey1859 send-off1909 payload1914 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person > a load back-burden?c1225 load?c1225 carriagea1398 birth1497 freight1618 porterage1666 headload1795 backload1823 1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 179 These Porters do now become a porterage themselves, and those parts that were wont to bear the greatest burdens, are now so great a burden themselves, that the man stoops under them. Compounds porterage fee n. ΚΠ 1890 New Oxford (Pa.) Item 6 June An experienced traveler estimates the porterage fee necessary to the making of a comfortable trip. 1906 Daily Chron. 12 Nov. 5/4 A tariff regulating porterage fees. 2003 Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nexis) 6 May 1 Groundhandling fees, rentals from airline offices and porterage fees are no longer subject to MIAA regulation. porterage work n. ΚΠ 1774 in Acts Gen. Assembly Georgia (1881) 418 For any Porterage Work from the several parts of the Town..to any of the Wharves the like rates. 1834 Times 12 Feb. 1/4 I do not think the ticket-porters have the exclusive privilege of doing all the porterage work of London. 1996 Compar. Stud. in Society & Hist. 38 259 Most of the increase in the employment of Jewish labor can be accounted for by the following types of porterage work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). porteragen.2 rare before 20th cent. The occupation, work, or services of a porter (porter n.1 1). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > work or activity of specific workers spurrieryc1449 water-bearing1483 agenting1646 portering1736 porterage1764 artisanship1827 parlourmaiding1885 artisanry1886 scouting1908 intrapreneuring1985 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > by a person porterage1611 portering1736 porterage1764 coalbacking1849 totinga1862 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > usher > door- or gate-keeper > office of portership1450 porterage1764 janitorship1878 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > keeping or custody > care or custody of a house, etc. > availability of caretaker porterage1975 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > porter > availability of services of porterage1975 1764 C. Churchill Duellist ii. 20 In rules of Porterage untaught. 1912 Times 15 May 18/2 (advt.) Spacious rooms, porterage service, superior furnishings, new decorations, and all up-to-date improvements. 1975 Country Life 22 May (Suppl.) 48/1 Luxury flats..24 hour porterage. 1990 High Life (Brit. Airways) Sept. 121 (advt.) Complete privacy and security are ensured by twenty four hour porterage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11611n.21764 |
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