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demorage

demorage is the obsolete form of demurrage.

Meaning of demurrage

Noun

demurrage (countable and uncountable, plural demurrages)

  1. the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading
  2. compensation paid for such detention
  3. a charge made for exchanging currency for bullion
  4. the cost associated with owning or holding currency over a given period
  5. a type of currency which requires paying a fee to store money; a type of currency that discourages using money as a store of value

Forms of demorage

pluraldemorages

Questions about demorage

What is demorage the obsolete form of?
Demorage is the obsolete form of demurrage.

Words near demorage in the dictionary

  1. demophils
  2. demophobia
  3. Demopoulos
  4. Demopublican
  5. Demopublicans
  6. demorage
  7. demorages
  8. demoralisation
  9. demoralise
  10. demoralised
  11. demoraliser

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demorage (page history and authors); demurrage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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