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English
Etymology
From bunker + -age.
Noun
bunkerage (uncountable)
- (nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
1921, United States Fuel Administration, Final Report of the United States Fuel Administrator, 1917-1919:These agencies had been largely engaged in supplying coal for the bunkers of vessels sailing for foreign ports and had accumulated a considerable fund by reason of the fact that the bunkerage premium had been collected on all such coal
- (nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel