weighage

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noun

A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise.

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Meanings

nounweighage (countable and uncountable, plural weighages)

plural weighages

  1. countableuncountableA 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

Origin

From weigh + -age.

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APA

weighage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weighage

MLA

“weighage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weighage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weighage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weighage.

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