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bunkerage

bunkerage noun: the act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal).

Noun

bunkerage (uncountable)

  1. The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
    • These agencies had been largely engaged in supplying coal for the bunkers of vessels sailing for foreign ports and had accumulated a considerable fund by reason of the fact that the bunkerage premium had been collected on all such coal1921, United States Fuel Administration, Final Report of the United States Fuel Administrator, 1917-1919
  2. Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
    • 18 October 2017, Italy busts gang smuggling Zawia diesel to Sicily in Libya Herald
      Gazzettinonline reported that the smuggled diesel was in fact low grade and normally used as bunkerage for ships.

Origin of bunkerage

From bunker + -age.

Questions about bunkerage

What does bunkerage mean?
Bunkerage means the act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal).
What part of speech is bunkerage?
Bunkerage is a noun.

Words near bunkerage in the dictionary

  1. bunker oil
  2. bunker oils
  3. bunker out
  4. bunker up
  5. bunker-busting
  6. bunkerage
  7. bunkered
  8. bunkered out
  9. bunkered up
  10. bunkerer
  11. bunkerers

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