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.

References

• “lighterage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.