weighage

English

Etymology

From weigh +‎ -age.

Noun

weighage (countable and uncountable, plural weighages)

1. A duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise.
   • 1738, William Markham, A General Introduction to Trade and Business:

     If Goods are to be brought Home to your own House, there are Charges for Weighage, Cranage, Porterage, Wharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c.

References

• “weighage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.