boatage
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]boatage (countable and uncountable, plural boatages)
- The total capacity of boats, especially of lifeboats on a ship.
- Conveyance by boat.
- A charge for transporting goods by boat.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (fee for boat transport): anchorage, ballastage, beaconage, cartage, cranage, demurrage, moorage, pilotage, porterage, shippage, shorage, sledage, tonnage, towage, wharfage
References
[edit]- “boatage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.