Meanings
nounmerchant fleet (plural merchant fleets)
plural merchant fleets
- A fleet of merchant ships, calculated either on a country-by-country basis, or on a global basis.
the global merchant fleet
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the Norwegian merchant fleet
Synonyms: merchant marine, merchant navy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fleet of merchant ships, calculated either on a country-by-country basis, or on a global basis.
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Translations
Danish handelsflåde
- handelsflådefleet of merchant ships
French flotte marchande
- flotte marchandefleet of merchant ships
Norwegian Bokmål handelsflåte
- handelsflåtefleet of merchant ships
Polish flota handlowa
- flota handlowafleet of merchant ships
Ukrainian торговельний флот
- торговельний флот (torhovelʹnyj flot)fleet of merchant ships
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