cartage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɑɹtɪd͡ʒ/ without t-flapping
- /ˈkɑɹɾɪd͡ʒ/ t-flapping
- [ˈkʰɑɹɾɪd͡ʒ] t-flapping
- [ˈkʰɑɹtʰɪd͡ʒ] without t-flapping
- /ˈkɑːtɪd͡ʒ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˈkʰɑːtʰɪd͡ʒ] (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English cartage From cart + -age.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The transport of goods by cart.
Railways are forming in one quarter of this earth, canals in another, much cartage is wanted
1848, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle:Near-synonym: wagonage
In these years, all long-distance freight went by rail, with local cartage by the railway's horses and carts.
2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “St Pancras and King's Cross: 1947”, in RAIL, number 945, page 42:
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(countable, uncountable) Any vehicular transportation of goods.
I started general cartage work and hauling bagged cement to Pine Creek, south of Darwin.
2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21:Near-synonyms: shipping, carriage
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(countable, uncountable) A charge made for such transport.
Near-synonym: wagonage
1842 Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners - Report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, from the Poor Law Two-thirds of the usual expense of street cleansing is the expense of cartage, which, with a proper adaptation of the sewers, is wholly unnecessary.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cartages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
charge · fee · movement · cost · price · shipping · transport