-age

-age 

a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech, occurring originally in loanwords from French ( voyage; courage ) and

 productive in English with the meanings

“aggregate” ( coinage; peerage; trackage ),

“process” ( coverage; breakage ),

“the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of” ( seepage; wreckage; spoilage ),

“place of living or business” ( parsonage; brokerage ),

“social standing or relationship” ( bondage; marriage; patronage ), and

“quantity, measure, or charge” ( footage; shortage; tonnage; towage ). 

 

-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 -ate 1  + -icus -ic ]