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lighterage

lighterage noun: the fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter (flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances).

Noun

lighterage (countable and uncountable, plural lighterages)

  1. The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter (flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances).
  2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
    • If Goods are to be brought Home to your own House, there are Charges for Weighage, Cranage, Porterage, Wharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c.1738, William Markham, A General Introduction to Trade and Business
    • He has certainly organized the lighterage service of the harbor for the O.S.N. Company with great ability.1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Part 3, Chapter 1, p. 355

Forms of lighterage

plurallighterages

Origin of lighterage

From lighter + -age.

Questions about lighterage

What does lighterage mean?
Lighterage means the fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter (flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances).
What part of speech is lighterage?
Lighterage is a noun.
What is the plural of lighterage?
The plural of lighterage is lighterages.

Words near lighterage in the dictionary

  1. lighter-handed
  2. lighter-hearted
  3. lighter-skinned
  4. lighter-than-air
  5. lighter-witted
  6. lighterage
  7. lighterages
  8. lightered
  9. lighterful
  10. lighterfuls
  11. lightering

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