groundage

== English == === Etymology === From ground +‎ -age. === Noun === groundage (countable and uncountable, plural groundages) (nautical) A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port. === References === “groundage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.