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Demurrage

noun

A charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure.

Detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure.

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"Demurrage" Quotes from Famous Books

... captain to cut loose from the tow, employ the first steam tug and I would pay the bill, which he did, getting on the side of the vessel by eleven o'clock, thus saving my contract by one hour. But they did not commence taking them on board, so the captain of the barge put a demurrage of $20 per day for detention. In the meantime, I had bought my ticket to sail by the steamer Georgia to the Isthmus to go on the 1st of July which was but a few days off. They, seeing that I had them on my contract, came to me and said that ...

— The Adventures of a Forty-niner • Daniel Knower

... as merry as his father, and who had a good treble voice and a good deal of humour; he would often take the song up from his father, with words of his own putting in, with ready wit and good tune. We three composed the crew of the lighter; and, as there had already been considerable loss from demurrage, were embarked as soon as they arrived. The name of the father was Tom Beazeley, but he was always known on the river as "old Tom" or, as some more learned wag had christened him, "the Merman on two sticks." As soon as we had ...

— Jacob Faithful • Captain Frederick Marryat

Words linked to "Demurrage" : holdup, charge, delay