Ferriages

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. Payments made for the transportation of goods or passengers by ferry; fees charged for crossing a body of water by boat; charges incurred for passage across rivers or canals by means of a ferry service
2. Sums required to be paid for carrying people or cargo over water routes on a ferry; tolls levied for the use of ferries to cross rivers or similar waterways; payments collected for boat transit across bodies of water
3. Monetary charges associated with ferry transport services; costs imposed for moving vehicles, goods, or individuals by watercraft on designated crossings; fees assessed for passage via ferry boats across water barriers

Etymology: "Ferriages" is the plural of "ferriage," a noun formed in English from "ferry" and the suffix "-age." The suffix descends from Latin "-aticum" through Old French, where it attached to nouns to name a charge, a process, or a collection of things. English adopted it in the same way, so "ferriage" denotes the fee paid for crossing by ferry, much as "anchorage" denotes the fee for mooring a ship. The plural form, "ferriages," simply counts separate fees, such as the charges for several crossings, several boats, or several routes. Because "ferry" itself is an old word for a boat that carries passengers and goods across water, the suffix turns the service into the money paid for it. The result is a term that is essentially a precise piece of commercial vocabulary, not a word with a dramatic story behind it.

Synonyms: ferries, crossings, boat rides