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Definition of Ferriage
1. n. The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry.
Definition of Ferriage
1. Noun. Transportation by ferry. ¹
2. Noun. The fee paid for a ferry ride. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ferriage
1. transportation by ferry [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferriage
Literary usage of Ferriage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Laws of the State of New York by New York (State) (1802)
"... in their own boats without paying any rale of ferriage. V. And be it further
enacted, ... An ACT to regulate the Ferry and Rates of ferriage ..."
2. Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Norfolk and Vicinity: Including by William S. Forrest (1853)
"Team Ferry Boat—Steamboats—Reduction of ferriage—Privileges—Acts of ... It is
believed that if the ferriage were reduced to two or three-fifths of the ..."
3. Indo-Aryans: Contributions Towards the Elucidation of Their Ancient and by Rājendralāla Mitra (1881)
"APPENDIX B. THE INDIAN STYX AND ITS ferriage. The ferriage for Charon referred
to on page 138, is, in modern times, paid in India in a black cow. ..."
4. Works by Washington Irving (1895)
"... Pre- vost—Enfeebled State of John Day—Mr. Crooks Again Left Behind—A Guide
Procured to Conduct the Party across a Mountain—ferriage across Snake River. ..."
5. Canada Year Book by Statistics Canada (1908)
"MARINE. TABLE ccxxviii. Canadian and American vessels trading on riven and lake*
bet« Canada and United States exclusive of ferriage, 1903-1907. ..."
6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"To illustrate, In former days certain officers were entitled to free ferriage by
virtue of their offices. Free ferriage was not then graft for these ..."
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