Definition of "lighterage" in Englisch

noun

1. The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter (flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances).

2. The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.

   • 1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Part 3, Chapter 1, p. 355, He has certainly organized the lighterage service of the harbor for the O.S.N. Company with great ability.