cabotage
/ˈkæbətɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Cabotage traffic may be carried by a foreign carrier on special permission of the civil aeronautics authorities […]."
- "Cabotage, used as a legal term, here refers to the right to transport goods or passengers between ports of a country."
- "Professor Levine distinguishes two kinds of cabotage: "primary cabotage" which can be compared with ninth freedom cabotages and "long-haul limited cabotage" which can be compared with eighth freedom cabotage […]."
Etymology
Borrowed from French cabotage (“coasting trade”), from caboter (“to travel by the coast”). It originally (16th c.) referred to restrictions allowing only French ships to trade or transport between French ports. Other countries adopted this concept and extended it to land and air travel.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: cabotage
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkæbətɪd͡ʒ/
- British English: /ˈkæbətɪd͡ʒ/