View in context. The head waiter's fee is a shade less than the portier's; the Boots, who not only blacks your boots and brushes your clothes, but is usually the porter and handles your baggage, gets a somewhat smaller fee than the head waiter; the chambermaid's fee ranks below that of the Boots.
â¢ BULK (noun) The noun BULK has 3 senses: 1. the property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part. 2. the property of something that is great in magnitude. 3. the property possessed by a large mass. Familiarity information: BULK used as a noun is uncommon.
The overseas transportation of bulk cargo, which is a large amount of a commodity on a ship stored without a container, or in only a small container like a barrel or a small box. Bulk shippers charge fees (called bulk freight) for the service of transportation.