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

meteorotropic
meteorous
meteors
meteortropism
metepa
metepas
meter
meter-candle
meter-kilogram-second
meter-kilogram-second system
meter-kilogram-second unit
meter angle
meter maid
meter maids
meter reading
meterage (current term)
meterages
metered
metered-dose inhaler
metergasia
metergoline
metergolines
metergram
metergrams
meterical
metering
meterless
meterologist
meterology
meters

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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