| Portage 1. (n.) A sailor's wages when in port. 2. (n.) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage. 3. (n.) A porthole. 4. (n.) The act of carrying or transporting. 5. (n.) The price of carriage; porterage. 6. (n.) Capacity for carrying; tonnage. 7. (n.) A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry. 8. (v. t. & i.) To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters. Thesaurus Entries 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 |