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demurrage

demurrage noun: the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading.

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

demurrage meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

demurrage in Tamil

சுணக்கக் கட்டணம், தாமதக் கட்டணம்

demurrage in Urdu

ہرجانہ

demurrage in Kannada

ಸುಸ್ತಿದಂಡ, ಜುಲ್ಮಾನೆ, ವಿಳಂಬ ಶುಲ್ಕ, ಡೆಮರೇಜ್

Antonyms of demurrage

Forms of demurrage

pluraldemurrages

Origin of demurrage

1640s, from Old French demorage, from demorer (English demur), from Latin dēmorārī (“to tarry”). By surface analysis, demur (“delay”) + -age, with doubled ‘r’ to clarify pronunciation and avoid ambiguity with demure.

Questions about demurrage

What does demurrage mean?
Demurrage means the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading.
What is demurrage in Tamil?
Demurrage in Tamil is சுணக்கக் கட்டணம், தாமதக் கட்டணம். See Demurrage meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is demurrage?
Demurrage is a noun.
What is the plural of demurrage?
The plural of demurrage is demurrages.

Words near demurrage in the dictionary

  1. demuring
  2. demurity
  3. Demuro
  4. Demuros
  5. demurrable
  6. demurrage
  7. demurrages
  8. demurral
  9. demurrals
  10. demurrant
  11. demurrants

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demurrage (page history and authors); demurrage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demurrage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demurrage (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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