| -age suff. 1. a. Collection; mass: sewerage. b. Amount: footage. 2. Relationship; connection: parentage. 3. Condition; state: vagabondage. 4. a. An action: blockage. b. Result of an action: breakage. 5. Residence or place of: vicarage. 6. Charge or fee: cartage. [Middle English, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *-  ticum, abstract n. suff., from Latin -ticum, n. and adj. suff.] |
-age
suffix forming nouns
1. indicating a collection, set, or group acreage baggage
2. indicating a process or action or the result of an action haulage passage breakage
3. indicating a state, condition, or relationship bondage parentage
4. indicating a house or place orphanage
5. indicating a charge or fee postage
6. indicating a rate dosage mileage
[from Old French, from Late Latin -āticum, noun suffix, neuter of -āticus, adjectival suffix, from -ātus -ate1 + -icus -ic]
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