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
And when we rose not a word had been said about towage!
From Falk A Reminiscence by Joseph Conrad
In the latter methods these losses amount to an important fraction of the total power; they rarely, if ever, fall below a total of 25 per cent., and probably in towage exceed 50 per cent.
From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Robert H. Thurston
Sailing-vessels, however, require only a short towage, the docks being scarcely a dozen miles from Chesapeake Bay.
From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway
But amongst men of his own stature, or nearly, this frank use of his advantages, in such matters as the awful towage bills for instance, caused much impotent gnashing of teeth.
From Falk A Reminiscence by Joseph Conrad
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