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Lighterage

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter (flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the transportation of goods on a lighter wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter. countable, uncountable

    "If Goods are to be brought Home to your own House, there are Charges for Weighage, Cranage, Porterage, Wharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c."

  4. 4
    the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters wordnet

Etymology

From lighter + -age.

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