Definitions for towage

towage tow·age

Spelling: [toh-ij]
IPA: /ˈtoʊ ɪdʒ/

Towage is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in towage (aegotw).

Definitions for towage

noun

  1. the act of towing.
  2. the state of being towed.
  3. the price or charge for towing.

Origin of towage

First recorded in 1555-65; tow1 + -age

Examples for towage

We'll take all the cedar on your limit, in bolts on the river bank at market prices, less cost of towage to Vancouver.

The problem has been solved by the introduction of the capstan navigation or towage.

This we were told would demand the towage of the engine over the last three miles.

For the towage of pleasure boats it is occasionally used, though these upper regions are rarely indeed penetrated by tourists.

It saves millions of dollars in towage to London alone every year.

See if you can't get the charterers to pay the towage over to her loading port.

An' if I was you, I'd find out how much o' this two thousand dollars' towage he's goin' to distribute to his crew.

He's got to be a sharp on towage, because he's got to take risks in storms that drive an ocean-going tug to port.

He was sure to get his own extortionate terms out of me for towage whether he frowned or smiled.

Word Value for towage
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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