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cabotage definition

cabo·tage (kab′ə tij, -täz̸h′)

noun

  1. coastal navigation and trade, esp. between ports within a country
  2. air transport within a country
  3. the right to engage in cabotage, esp. as granted to foreign carriers

Etymology: Fr < caboter, to sail along the coast < MFr cabo, cape < Sp < L caput, head

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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