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waterage|ˈwɔːtərɪdʒ|
Also 8 -idge.
[f. water n. + -age.]
Conveyance or transport by water; the charge made or the money paid for this. Also attrib.
1688in Gutch Collect. Cur. II. 378 To Mr. Ince for Coach⁓hire, Waterage, Porterage, and other petty Expences. 1703in Jrnl. Derbysh. Archæol. Soc. (1881) III. 45 Payd for carrage, Wateridge & Porter to helpe into ye vessells with the Marble. 1766W. Gordon Gen. Counting-ho. 280 Pays for..waterage abroad. 1815Falconer's Dict. Marine (ed. Burney), Waterage, money paid for carriage of goods and merchandise, &c. by water. 1829Examiner 282/1 The carriage and waterage was paid at the coach-office, and, on the parcel arriving on board, the waterage-money..was charged again. 1861Mayhew Lond. Labour III. 239 ‘Waterage’ costs the [coal] whipper an average of 6d. a-week... ‘Waterage’ means the conveyance from the vessels to the shore. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Waterage, the charge for using shore-boats. |