groundage

[groun-dij]

noun British.

a tax levied on ships that anchor in a port.

Origin of groundage

First recorded in 1400–50, groundage is from the late Middle English word grondage. See ground¹, -age

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British Dictionary definitions for groundage

groundage

noun

British a fee levied on a vessel entering a port or anchored off a shore

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