Pipage

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Conveyance or distribution by pipes, as of water, gas, petroleum, etc.
  • noun. The amount charged for conveyance by pipes or pipe-lines.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Transportation, as of petroleum oil, by means of a pipe conduit; also, the charge for such transportation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. plumbing, a system of pipes
  • noun. a charge made for piping a fluid from one place to another
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
  • noun. a fee charged for the use of pipes
  • Word Usage
    "Electric steel, in fact, all fine steel, should be cast in big-end-up molds with refractory hot tops to prevent any possibility of pipage in the body of the ingot."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fee