different between demurrage vs tonnage

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

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From Old French tonnage

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?n?d?/

Noun

tonnage (countable and uncountable, plural tonnages)

1. The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.
2. The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
3. The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.
4. A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc.
5. The total shipping of a fleet or nation.

Coordinate terms

• (charge per ton): cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, wharfage

Translations

Anagrams

• negaton

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tonnage. Later influenced by English tonnage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??na?.??/
• Hyphenation: ton?na?ge
• Rhymes: -a???

Noun

tonnage f (uncountable)

1. tonnage (water displacement of a ship measured in tons)
2. tonnage (cargo capacity of a ship's hold)

See also

• waterverplaatsing

French

Noun

tonnage m (plural tonnages)

1. tonnage

Descendants

• ? Danish: tonnage
• ? German: Tonnage
• ? Swedish: tonnage

Further reading

• “tonnage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).