lighterage

English

Etymology

lighter + -age

Noun

lighterage (countable and uncountable, plural lighterages)

  1. The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.
  2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
    • 1738, William Markham, A General Introduction to Trade and Business:
      If Goods are to be brought Home to your own House, there are Charges for Weighage, Cranage, Porterage, Wharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c.

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