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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port. countable, uncountable

   "For every vessel with salt fish, for groundage eight pence per day"

Example

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"For every vessel with salt fish, for groundage eight pence per day"

Etymology

From ground + -age.

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