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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEMURRAGE, n. An allowance made to the master of a trading vessel, for delay or detention in port beyond the appointed time of departure. This expense is paid by the merchant who causes the detention.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure
2: detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1641 1. the detention of a ship by the freighter beyond the time allowed for loading, unloading, or sailing 2. a charge for detaining a ship, freight car, or truck

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a a rate or amount payable to a shipowner by a charterer for failure to load or discharge a ship within the time agreed. b a similar charge on railway trucks or goods. 2 such a detention or delay. Etymology: OF demo(u)rage f. demorer (as DEMUR)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Demurrage De*mur"rage, n. [Cf. OF. demorage delay. See Demur.] (Law) (a) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing. (b) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention. The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing. --M`Culloch. Note: The term is also applied to similar delays and allowances in land carriage, by wagons, railroads, etc.