LIGHTERAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lighterage mean? 

• LIGHTERAGE (noun)
  The noun LIGHTERAGE has 2 senses:

1. the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters

2. the transportation of goods on a lighter

  Familiarity information: LIGHTERAGE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGHTERAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fee charged for carrying goods in lighters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("lighterage" is a kind of...):

fee (a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services)

Derivation:

lighter (transport in a flatbottom boat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The transportation of goods on a lighter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("lighterage" is a kind of...):

conveyance; transfer; transferral; transport; transportation (the act of moving something from one location to another)

Derivation:

lighter (transport in a flatbottom boat)