DEMURRAGE
Dictionary entry overview: What does demurrage mean? • DEMURRAGE (noun)
The noun DEMURRAGE has 2 senses:
1. a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
2. detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
Familiarity information: DEMURRAGE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEMURRAGE (noun)
Meaning:
A charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("demurrage" is a kind of...):
charge (the price charged for some article or service)
Meaning:
Detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("demurrage" is a kind of...):
delay; holdup (the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time)
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