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lightened |
lightening |
lighter |
lighter-than-air |
lighter-than-air craft |
lighterage
| lighterman
| lightful
| lightheaded
| lightheadedness
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lighterage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lighterage has 2 senses
- lighterage(n = noun.possession) Array - the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters; Array is a kind of fee
- lighterage(n = noun.act) Array - the transportation of goods on a lighter; Array is a kind of conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation
Derived form verb lighter1
Derived form verb lighter1
CIDE DICTIONARY
lighterage, n.
- The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. [1913 Webster]
- The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lighterage, n.
1 the transference of cargo by means of a lighter.
2 a charge made for this.
1 the transference of cargo by means of a lighter.
2 a charge made for this.
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