lighterage

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English

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Etymology

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From lighter +‎ -age.

Noun

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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.
    • 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.
    • 1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Part 3, Chapter 1, p. 355,[1]
      He has certainly organized the lighterage service of the harbor for the O.S.N. Company with great ability.
    • 1952 July, “New Terminus for New York?”, in Railway Magazine, page 434:
      Moreover, as the traffic would be mainly morning and evening rush-hour services, at other times of the day much lighterage across the river could be saved by using part of the new terminus for freight trafic.

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