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demurrage
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)
- (shipping) the detention of a ship or other freight vehicle, during delayed loading or unloading
- compensation paid for such detention
- 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
Translations
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demur
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman demorer, from Old French demorer (French demeurer), from Vulgar Latin demoro, Latindemorari (“to tarry”), from de- + morari (“to delay”).
See alternative etymology in the Anglo-Norman ancestor.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: d?mûr?, IPA(key): /d??m??/
- (General American) enPR: d?mûr?, IPA(key): /d??m?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Distinguish from pronunciation of demure
Verb
demur (third-person singular simple present demurs, present participle demurring, simple past and past participle demurred)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To linger; to stay; to tarry
- (intransitive) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth
- Vpon this rubbe the English Embassadors thought fit to demurre
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward the Sixth
- (intransitive) To scruple or object; to take exception; to oppose; to balk
- (intransitive, law) To interpose a demurrer.
- (transitive, obsolete) To suspend judgment concerning; to doubt of or hesitate about
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause delay to; to put off
- 1634, Francis Quarles, Emblems
- He demands a fee, / And then demurs me with a vain delay.
- 1634, Francis Quarles, Emblems
Related terms
- demurrage
- demurral
- demurrer
Translations
Noun
demur (plural demurs)
- Stop; pause; hesitation as to proceeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 132:
- Most geologists today would accept such evidence without demur, but it was still ‘fringe’ science when du Toit was publishing.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 132:
Translations
References
Anagrams
- MUDer, mured
Latin
Verb
d?mur
- first-person plural present passive subjunctive of d?
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