"lighterage" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From lighter + -age.",
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        "The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter (flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances)."
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          "ref": "1738, William Markham, A General Introduction to Trade and Business:",
          "text": "If Goods are to be brought Home to your own House, there are Charges for Weighage, Cranage, Porterage, Wharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c.",
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          "text": "1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Part 3, Chapter 1, p. 355,\nHe has certainly organized the lighterage service of the harbor for the O.S.N. Company with great ability."
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          "ref": "1952 July, “New Terminus for New York?”, in Railway Magazine, page 434:",
          "text": "Moreover, as the traffic would be mainly morning and evening rush-hour services, at other times of the day much lighterage across the river could be saved by using part of the new terminus for freight trafic.",
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        },
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