Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laytime

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lay-time
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

In commercial shipping, the amount of time specified in a charter party for a vessel's loading and unloading.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From lay + time.

Usage

Inflected Forms

laytimes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

demurrage

Questions

What does laytime mean?: In commercial shipping, the amount of time specified in a charter party for a vessel's loading and unloading.
Where does laytime come from?: From lay + time.

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