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(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
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All of the passengers and crew of a ship.
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(UK) A form of all-points bulletin circulated to international ports so that a fleeing suspect can be identified and apprehended.
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A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbour.
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A map of a storage bay in a ship, used to determine where various containers will be placed.
n
Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon.
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A charge for transporting goods by boat.
n
A fee charged for the use of the area where a boom is tied.
n
(UK, law, obsolete) Service due from a bordar; bordage.
n
A charge paid for such transportation.
n
A fee charged for storing goods in a cellar.
n
A charge paid for chartering a vessel.
n
(military) A branch of the navy responsible for maintaining infrastructure, usually corresponding roughly to a command grouping.
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(shipping) A port which specialises in handling the loading and unloading of shipping containers onto and from container ships.
n
Alternative form of container port [(shipping) A port which specialises in handling the loading and unloading of shipping containers onto and from container ships.]
n
(uncountable) The price paid to a cooper for work carried out.
n
A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided.
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Fees paid for use of the crane.
n
compensation paid for such detention
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(nautical, economics) A type of allowance given to a ship's charterer by the owner, in order to shorten the lay days stipulated in their mutual contract.
v
(intransitive) To land at a harbour.
n
(archaic) A warehouse receipt.
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Alternative form of dockworker [A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.]
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(nautical) A charge levied for docking.
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Alternative form of dockization [conversion of an area of water into a dock, by excluding the tide with a dam]
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An area of a town or city which contains, or used to contain, an industrial port.
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A person who works on the dock of a harbor or shipyard, usually employed to load or unload freight.
n
Work at a dock, typically loading and unloading freight.
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(Australia, historical) A fee charged on a small proportion of the dry weight of certain types of goods being shipped.
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A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads.
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An area within a port where goods may be temporarily stored without paying duty
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The price of transporting goods.
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(agricultural) An earthen and plank ramp leading from the stable yard into the upper storey or mow of a dairy barn.
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(chiefly Canada) A government-built wharf.
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(nautical) A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.
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synonym of handling charge
adj
Of a freight ship: having a small cargo capacity (less than 40,000 DWT); belonging to the handysize class.
n
Dues paid for using a harbour or port.
n
The fee charged for the hire of something.
n
The fee or fine for impounding.
n
(shipping) The act of placing a port on a vessel's itinerary because the volume of cargo offered at that port justifies the cost of routing the vessel.
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(UK, nautical) Certain charges levied upon incoming vessels at a port.
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The duty or toll charged for a ship entering port.
n
Alternative form of quayage [The fee charged for using a quay.]
adj
Stored at a dock or other place of safety.
n
In commercial shipping, the amount of time specified in a charter party for a vessel's loading and unloading.
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Money levied for the maintenance of lighthouses; light dues.
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The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter.
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An area where goods are loaded and unloaded into and out of vehicles
n
(archaic) A charge on shipping.
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(shipping, international law) The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships.
n
(military) an installation in a port or harbour used as a centre of operations by the country's navy.
n
A fee or toll paid for the weighing of merchandise.
n
A charge made for piping a fluid from one place to another.
adj
Transported through a pipe.
v
(US, government and law) To transfer a voucher or subsidy from one jurisdiction to another.
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A city built around a port, for its defence, to provide infrastructural support, or as parasitic urban sprawl.
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The wages paid to a sailor when in port, or for a voyage.
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The occupation of, or services provided by, a porter (“person in control of the entrance to a building”).
adj
Served by a staff of porters.
n
The office or duty of a porter
n
A building that contains the offices of officials responsible for running a port, space for customs, etc.
n
Anything allowing for entry into or through a port.
n
(nautical) Permission to use a port given to a ship after compliance with quarantine or on conviction that she is free of contagious disease.
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(historical) The practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
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The fee charged for using a quay.
n
(law, UK, historical) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
n
A fee charged for transporting goods on a river.
n
(shipping) A regular connection between two (or more) ports, such as that provided by a ferry service.
n
A rent paid in commutation of the duty of carrying supplies or passengers by water.
v
(military) To transport by sea
n
The days allowed for a vessel to load or unload.
n
The art or work of maneuvering a ship.
adj
Aboard a ship or other conveyance, as part of the cargo.
n
A route across an ocean, sea, or other body of water which is regularly used by commercial maritime vessels.
n
A place used as a hospital on board a ship, on a spaceship (in science fiction).
n
(Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
n
(nautical) The maintenance of a ship's position relative to others in a fleet or convoy.
n
A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.
n
Obsolete form of stevedore. [A dockworker involved in loading and unloading cargo, or in supervising such work.]
n
A charge for stowing and storage.
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Alternative form of stowboard [(UK, dialect, mining) A place into which rubbish is put.]
n
(nautical, obsolete) The placing away in casks or tanks of the oil obtained in whaling.
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(UK, military) Acronym of ship taken up from trade: a civilian ship requisitioned for government use.
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A porter employed by a tacklehouse who loads and unloads ships.
n
A building located at a port, and the corresponding business operated by one of the major shipping companies, that employs porters to load and unload goods from ships.
n
The charge levied for storage in a tank.
n
(now historical) A porter licensed by the City of London Corporation; an official street porter in London.
n
A charge paid for storage in a warehouse.
n
Alternative form of warehousage [A charge paid for storage in a warehouse.]
n
A charge per ton made on shipping.
n
(historical) A toll paid for the transportation of goods in or out of London by water.
n
(shipping, transport) A fee for transporting goods by water.
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Alternative form of water bailage [(historical) A toll paid for the transportation of goods in or out of London by water.]
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A man-made landing place for ships on a shore or river bank.
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(slang) A neglected boy who lives around the wharfs.
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(historical, rare) The owner of a wharf.
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(Australia, New Zealand, informal, colloquial) A wharf labourer or stevedore.
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(chiefly historical) The owner or manager of a wharf.
n
The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
n
A fee charged for transporting goods on wheels.
n
The use of a yard, or the fee charged for it.
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