boatage
Meanings
noun
- Conveyance, chiefly of goods, by boat.
- A charge for transporting goods or people by boat; (countable) an instance of this.
- The total capacity of a number of boats, especially of lifeboats on a ship.
- Boats collectively.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From boat + -age (suffix forming nouns denoting an action, process, or result; a charge, fee, or toll; or a sense of appurtenance or collection).
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