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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley