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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 de·mur·rage /dɪˈmɝɪʤ, ˈmʌrɪʤ/
 超過停泊日期,延期停舶費,火車車輛停留費

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·mur·rage n.  Law (a) The detention of a vessel by the freighter beyond the time allowed in her charter party for loading, unloading, or sailing. (b) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.
    The claim for demurrage ceases as soon as the ship is cleared out and ready for sailing.   --M‘Culloch.
 Note:The term is also applied to similar delays and allowances in land carriage, by wagons, railroads, etc.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 demurrage
      n 1: a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or
           freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of
           departure
      2: detention of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its
         scheduled time of departure