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Webster 1913 Edition

groundage

ground′age

(ground′ā̍j)

,

Noun.

A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.

Bouvier.

Webster 1828 Edition

Groundage

GROUND'AGE

,

Noun.

A tax paid by a ship for standing in port.

Definition 2024

groundage

groundage

English

Noun

groundage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural groundages)

(nautical) A local tax paid by a ship for the ground or space it occupies while in port.
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