About The Word Portage
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Portage
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What's The Definition Of Portage?
[n] carrying boats and supplies overland
[n] overland track between navigable waterways [n] the cost of carrying or transporting Synonyms | Synonyms for Portage: Related Terms | Find terms related to Portage: admission | admission fee | air express | airfreight | airlift | anchorage | asportation | bearing | brokerage | carfare | carriage | carry | carrying | cartage | cellarage | charge | charges | conveyance | cover charge | demand | dockage | drayage | dues | entrance fee | exaction | exactment | expressage | fare | fee | ferriage | freight | freightage | haulage | hauling | hire | license fee | lighterage | lugging | packing | pilotage | porterage | railway express | salvage | scot | scot and lot | shipment | shipping | shot | storage | telpherage | toll | toting | towage | transport | transportation | transshipment | truckage | waft | waftage | wagonage | wharfage See Also | carry | cart track | cartroad | cost | track Portage In Webster's Dictionary \Port"age\ (?; 48), n. [From 2d {Port}.] (Naut.)
(a) A sailor's wages when in port.
(b) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
\Port"age\, n. [3d {Port}.] A porthole. [Obs.] --Shak. \Por"tage\, n. [F., from porter to carry. See {Port} to carry.] 1. The act of carrying or transporting. 2. The price of carriage; porterage. --Bp. Fell. 3. Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [Obs.] --Hakluyt. 4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d {Carry}. \Por"tage\, v. t. & i. To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters. |
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