Associations to the word «Lighterage»

Wiktionary

LIGHTERAGE, noun. The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.
LIGHTERAGE, noun. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.

Dictionary definition

LIGHTERAGE, noun. The fee charged for carrying goods in lighters.
LIGHTERAGE, noun. The transportation of goods on a lighter.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke