boatage

English

Etymology

boat +‎ -age

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

(fee for boat transport): anchorage, ballastage, beaconage, cartage, cranage, demurrage, moorage, pilotage, porterage, shippage, shorage, sledage, tonnage, towage, wharfage

References

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

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