Home › Words › K › keelagekeelagekeelage · noun — the right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering port.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom keel + -age; compare French guillage, Medieval Latin killagium.nounThe right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering port.The duty or toll charged for a ship entering port.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tollage 59% match — Payment of a toll, or the amount paid as a toll. vs keelage →hallage 57% match — A fee or toll paid for selling goods in a hall. vs keelage →cliffage 56% match — The right to quarry limestone from the cliffs of the Gower, or the payment charged for this right. vs keelage →wharfage 55% match — A dock, quay, or pier. vs keelage →pierage 55% match — wharfage vs keelage →lastage 55% match — A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will. vs keelage →lighterage 55% match — The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter (flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances). vs keelage →jettage 54% match — Certain charges levied upon incoming vessels at a port. vs keelage →