cabotage
Americannoun
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navigation or trade along the coast.
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Aviation. the legal restriction to domestic carriers of air transport between points within a country's borders.
noun
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nautical coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
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reservation to a country's carriers of its internal traffic, esp air traffic
Etymology
Origin of cabotage
1825–35; < French, derivative of caboter to sail coastwise, verbal derivative of Middle French cabo < Spanish cabo headland, cape 2; see -age
Example Sentences
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“The Uluburun ship represented long-distance interregional elite exchange, and the Cape Gelidonya ship was involved in local coastal cabotage, or opportunistic trade, where goods and services were purchased and sold at ports for quick profit.”
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
That has caused alarm, as has a measure to allow "cabotage," or give foreign airlines clearance to operate domestic routes within Mexico.
From Reuters • Feb. 24, 2023
It also announced it would make temporary changes to cabotage rules, which govern how many jobs a haulier can make in a foreign country.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2021
We don’t want cabotage to sabotage our industry.
From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2021
Vous en voyez quelques-unes sur les bâtimens destinés au cabotage.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various
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