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Demurrage

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Noun

1. demurrage

a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure

2. demurrage

detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Demurrage

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noun
1. 
the delaying of a ship, railway wagon, etc, caused by the charterer's failure to load, unload, etc, before the time of scheduled departure
2. 
the extra charge required as compensation for such delay
3. 
a fee charged by the Bank of England for changing bullion into notes

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Demurrage

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noun
1. 
the compensation payable to a carrier of freight whose vehicle or vessel is delayed, as by failure to load or unload the freight within the time allowed
2. 
the delay itself

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Demurrage

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n.
1. Detention of a ship, freight car, or other cargo conveyance during loading or unloading beyond the scheduled time of departure.
2. Compensation paid for such detention.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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