"demurrage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: demurrages [plural]
Etymology: 1640s, from Old French demorage, from demorer (English demur), from Latin dēmorārī (“to tarry”). By surface analysis, demur (“delay”) + -age, with doubled ‘r’ to clarify pronunciation and avoid ambiguity with demure. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|demorage}} Old French demorage, {{cog|en|demur}} English demur, {{der|en|la|demoror|dēmorārī|t=to tarry}} Latin dēmorārī (“to tarry”), {{surf|en|demur|-age|t1=delay}} By surface analysis, demur (“delay”) + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} demurrage (countable and uncountable, plural demurrages)
  1. (shipping) the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Shipping Translations (detention of a freight vehicle during delayed loading or unloading): surestarie [feminine] (French), Demurrage [feminine] (German), controstallia [feminine] (Italian), де́мередж (dɛ́meredž) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-demurrage-en-noun-C-lsSrca Topics: economics, sciences, shipping, transport Disambiguation of 'detention of a freight vehicle during delayed loading or unloading': 81 16 3
  2. compensation paid for such detention Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (compensation paid for such detention): surestarie [feminine] (French), Demurrage [feminine] (German), де́мередж (dɛ́meredž) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-demurrage-en-noun-X7ApMvdv Disambiguation of 'compensation paid for such detention': 6 92 1
  3. a charge made for exchanging currency for bullion Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-demurrage-en-noun-a9b3DDie Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 5 85 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 18 11 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 10 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 8 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 4 90 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 12 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 13 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 10 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 10 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 8 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: cranage, shippage, shorage, tonnage, wharfage

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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