groundage

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noun

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

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Meanings

noungroundage (countable and uncountable, plural groundages)

plural groundages

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

    For every vessel with salt fish, for groundage eight pence per day

    1826, Joseph Chitty, A Treatise on the Game Laws, and on Fisheries

Origin

From ground + -age.

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APA

groundage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundage

MLA

“groundage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “groundage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/groundage.

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