| Lighterage 1. (n.) The price paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter. 2. (n.) The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter. Thesaurus Entries airfreight, airlift, asportation, bearing, carriage, carry, carrying, cartage, conveyance, drayage, expressage, ferriage, freight, freightage, haulage, hauling, lighterage, lugging, packing, portage, porterage, railway express, shipment, shipping, telpherage, toting, transport, transportation, transshipment, truckage, waft, waftage, wagonage |