noun
Meaning 1
Transportation by dray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
drayage
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɹeɪ.ɪdʒ/
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noun
Meaning 2
The transport of goods over a short distance, particularly from a terminal such as an ocean port to another destination, usually as part of a longer transportation of the goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A fee paid for the provision of such transportation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
From dray (“a low horse-drawn cart”) + -age.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kärräys — transportation by dray
- Spanish: acarreto — transportation by dray
- Spanish: acarreamiento — transportation by dray
- Spanish: carretaje — transportation by dray
- Finnish: kärräys — transportation over short distance
- Spanish: transportuario / extraportuario — transportation over short distance
- Spanish: camionaje — transportation over short distance