expressage
- expressage
noun
rapid transport of goods
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: a carrying of parcels by express;
also : a charge for such carrying
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/ik spres"ij/, n.
1. the business of transmitting parcels, money, etc., by express.
2. the charge for such transmission.
[1855-60, Amer.; EXPRESS + -AGE]
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expressˈage noun
1. The system of carrying by express
2. The charge for doing so
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