different between demurrage vs anchorage

English

Etymology

1640s, from Old French demorage, from demorer (English demur), from Latin d?mor?r? (“to tarry”).

Surface etymology is demur (“delay”) +? -age, with doubled ‘r’ to clarify pronunciation and avoid ambiguity with demure.

Noun

demurrage (countable and uncountable, plural demurrages)

1. (shipping) the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading
2. compensation paid for such detention
3. a charge made for exchanging currency for bullion

Antonyms

• (detention of a ship, or fee paid for it): despatch

Coordinate terms

• cranage, shippage, shorage, tonnage, wharfage

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English

Etymology

anchor +? -age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?k???d?/

Noun

anchorage (countable and uncountable, plural anchorages)

1. (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge..
2. (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

3. That into which something is anchored or fastened.

   the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge

4. (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
5. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
   • 1866, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 66, lines 1001–1002

     And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these
     Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage.

6. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
7. The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
8. (figuratively) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

Coordinate terms

• (fee for anchoring): cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, tonnage, wharfage

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