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lighterages

lighterages is the plural of lighterage.

Meaning of lighterage

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

Questions about lighterages

What is lighterages the plural of?
Lighterages is the plural of lighterage.

Words near lighterages in the dictionary

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

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