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Definition of Meterage
1. n. The act of measuring, or the cost of measuring.
Definition of Meterage
1. Noun. The act of measuring. ¹
2. Noun. The cost of measuring. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Meterage
1. the process of metering [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meterage
Literary usage of Meterage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade by John Holland (1841)
"... and Sales by the Hundred-weight authorised — Suspension of the Law respecting
meterage — Duties chargeable upon Coal — Discharge of the Cargoes of ..."
2. Maritime Notes and Queries: A Record of Shipping Law and Usage (1883)
"Now the Merchants, mostly resident at Newport, insist on this meterage, and
consequent tax on the ship. ..."
3. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1854)
"Or he might transfer it when away from home, the purchaser receiving it as exact
measure, without fresh meterage. Granaries of this description would occupy ..."
4. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Great Britain Magistrates' cases, Edward William Cox (1873)
"The question of law arising on the above statement for the opinion of the court
therefore is, first, whether meterage is such a toll or rate as is ..."
5. British Farmer's Magazine (1853)
"... he concentrated by railway at one spot, and discharged and reloaded at any
time with the minimum of manual labour, without the expense of meterage, ..."
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