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Noun: lighterage  lI-tu-rij
  1. The fee charged for carrying goods in lighters
    "The lighterage costs were added to the overall shipping expenses"
     
  2. The transportation of goods on a lighter
    "Lighterage was necessary to transfer cargo from the large ship to the shallow port"

Derived forms: lighterages

Type of: conveyance, fee, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation

Encyclopedia: Lighterage