boatage

== English == === Etymology === From boat +‎ -age (suffix forming nouns denoting an action, process, or result; a charge, fee, or toll; or a sense of appurtenance or collection). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊtɪd͡ʒ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊtɪd͡ʒ/, [-ɾɪd͡ʒ] Hyphenation: boat‧age === Noun === boatage (countable and uncountable, plural boatages) (nautical) (uncountable) Conveyance, chiefly of goods, by boat. (uncountable) A charge for transporting goods or people by boat; (countable) an instance of this. Synonyms: (obsolete) fraught, (dated) shippage (uncountable) The total capacity of a number of boats, especially of lifeboats on a ship. (uncountable, obsolete) Boats collectively. ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “boatage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.