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Wharfage vs Tonnage - What's the difference?

wharfage | tonnage |

Tonnage is a coordinate term of wharfage.

Wharfage is a coordinate term of tonnage.


As nouns the difference between wharfage and tonnage

is that wharfage is a dock; quay; or pier while tonnage is the number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.

wharfage

English

Noun

(-)
  • A dock; quay; or pier
  • A fee charged for using a wharf.
  • *1895 , John Houston Merrill, The American and English Encyclopedia of Law , p. 100.
  • *:If the owner of goods deposited at a wharf sells them, and gives notice to the wharfinger of such sale, on tendering the wharfage' then due, he is discharged from liability for future ' wharfage .
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    • Coordinate terms

    * (wharf usage fee) shorage, demurrage, cranage, tonnage, shippage

    tonnage

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tonnage)
  • The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.
  • The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
  • The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.
  • A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc.
  • The total shipping of a fleet or nation.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (charge per ton) cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, wharfage

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