noun
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a charge made for towing
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the act of towing or the state of being towed
Etymology
Origin of towage
Example Sentences
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The brokerage sees the merger as creating Indonesia’s largest listed towage and pilotage platform.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
I've saved at least £10 over that towage, and, by James!
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.
Two river steamboats were assigned to the Louisiana for the purpose of towage, if necessary, and for the accommodation of the mechanics who were still at work on board.
From The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner by Wilkinson, John
This we were told would demand the towage of the engine over the last three miles.
From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles
And when we rose not a word had been said about towage!
From Falk A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph
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