groundage

American  

[groun-dij] / ˈgraʊn dɪdʒ /

noun

British.

1. a tax levied on ships that anchor in a port.

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groundage British  

/ ˈɡraʊndɪdʒ /

noun

1. a fee levied on a vessel entering a port or anchored off a shore

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Etymology

Origin of groundage

First recorded in 1400–50, groundage is from the late Middle English word grondage. See ground ¹, -age

Example Sentences

That a fishing-vessel should pay no other toll or duty than the Act prescribes, viz., every salt-fish vessel, for groundage, 8d. per day, and 20d. per voyage; a lobster boat 2d. per day groundage, and 13d. the voyage; every dogger boat, or smack with sea-fish, 2d. per day groundage, and 13d. the voyage; every oyster vessel, 2d. per day groundage, and a halfpenny per bushel metage.

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