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单词 porterage
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porteragen.1

Brit. /ˈpɔːt(ə)rɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈpɔrdərədʒ/
Forms: 1600s portridge, 1600s– porterage; also Scottish pre-1700 portrage, pre-1700 porturadg.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: porter n.2, -age suffix.
Etymology: < porter n.2 + -age suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman porterage . Compare also Anglo-Norman portage , post-classical Latin portagium , and earlier portage n.1It is uncertain which word in which language is represented by the following 19th-cent. summary of a medieval document: ▸ 1437–8 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 541 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 5s. 8d. received from the Porters on the Strande, for the porterage of fish this year.
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.
2. Something to be carried; a burden. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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.
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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

Brit. /ˈpɔːt(ə)rɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈpɔrdərədʒ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: porter n.1, -age suffix.
Etymology: < porter n.1 + -age suffix.
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).
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