"merchant fleet" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "the global merchant fleet",
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          "text": "the Norwegian merchant fleet",
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        "A fleet of merchant ships, calculated either on a country-by-country basis, or on a global basis."
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          "fleet",
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        [
          "merchant ship",
          "merchant ship"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "merchant marine"
        },
        {
          "word": "merchant navy"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "handelsflåde"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "flotte marchande"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "savač̣ro ploṭi",
          "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
          "word": "სავაჭრო ფლოტი"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "handelsflåte"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "handelsflåte"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "torhovelʹnyj flot",
          "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "торговельний флот"
        }
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "merchant fleet"
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        "A fleet of merchant ships, calculated either on a country-by-country basis, or on a global basis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fleet",
          "fleet"
        ],
        [
          "merchant ship",
          "merchant ship"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "merchant marine"
        },
        {
          "word": "merchant navy"
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  "translations": [
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "handelsflåde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "flotte marchande"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "savač̣ro ploṭi",
      "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
      "word": "სავაჭრო ფლოტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "handelsflåte"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "handelsflåte"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "torhovelʹnyj flot",
      "sense": "fleet of merchant ships",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "торговельний флот"
    }
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  "word": "merchant fleet"
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