Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old right of the admiralty in all the royal rivers of Great Britain to levy a rate for supplying ships with ballast.
- noun The toll paid for the privilege of taking ballast, as from a gravel-bed, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
toll paid for the privilege of taking upballast in aport orharbour .
Etymologies
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ballast + -age
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