ballastage

English

Etymology

Noun

ballastage (countable and uncountable, plural ballastages)

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ballastage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

ballaster +‎ -age

Noun

ballastage m (plural ballastages)

ballasting

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