单词
dock dues
释义
dock duesnoun[plural]TRANSPORT,COMMERCEuk
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moneythat ashippingcompanymustpayfor the use of aport:Liverpoolretaliatedbychargingenormousdockdueson Manchester'scottonimports.(Definition ofdock duesfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdock dues
dock duesGiven thatdockdueshave existed for 150 years, however, it would appear that it does not actually protect workers against unemployment.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishFurthermore, the fact that income fromdockduesis used, in particular, to finance various social aid funds is not mentioned.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishIn addition, there aredockdues, quay porterage, landing and carriage charges to final address.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Thedockduespaid in 1812 amounted to ￡44,403, and in 1862 to ￡379,528.FromProject GutenbergIn addition, all costs are up—not only wages butdockdues, which went up by ￡200,000 last year.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0He means charging higherdockduesto a country which subsidises shipping than to a country which does not.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The payment of ￡10 indockduesgave a vote.FromProject GutenbergIt has been suggested that these freights, thesedockdues, those shipping rates, were all fixed as far back at 1865.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Dockdueshave been increased by 21 per cent., fuel oil has been increased by over 30s. per day at sea.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0With regard todockduesfor sea-going vessels the charge will be 100 per cent. over pre-war rates.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/dock-dues##
