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Ballastage vs Boatage - What's the difference?

ballastage | boatage | coordinate terms |

Ballastage is a coordinate term of boatage.


As nouns the difference between ballastage and boatage

is that ballastage is a toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbour while boatage is the total capacity of boats, as of lifeboats on a ship.

ballastage

English

Noun

  • A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbour.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (fee for anchoring) anchorage, cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, tonnage, wharfage (Webster 1913)

    boatage

    English

    Noun

  • The total capacity of boats, as of lifeboats on a ship.
  • Conveyance by boat.
  • A charge for transporting goods by boat.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (fee for boat transport) anchorage, ballastage, beaconage, cartage, cranage, demurrage, moorage, pilotage, porterage, shippage, shorage, sledage, tonnage, towage, wharfage (Webster 1913)