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• ocean tramp — noun : tramp 6 …   Useful english dictionary

• tramp — tramping [ trɑ̃piŋ ] n. m. • 1930; mot angl., de tramp « vagabond » ♦ Anglic. Mode d exploitation d un cargo (tramp [ trɑ̃p ] n. m.) qui touche tous les ports où se trouve du fret, sans itinéraire fixe. Recomm. offic. transport maritime à la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Tramp trade — A ship engaged in the tramp trade is one which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call. As opposed to freight liners, tramp ships trade on the spot market with no fixed schedule or itinerary/ports of call(s). Steam ships engaged …   Wikipedia

• tramp — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a walk heavily and firmly (tramping about upstairs). b go on foot, esp. a distance. 2 tr. a cross on foot, esp. wearily or reluctantly. b cover (a distance) in this way (tramped forty miles). 3 tr. (often foll. by down) tread… …   Useful english dictionary

• ocean — n. 1 a a large expanse of sea, esp. each of the main areas called the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic Oceans. b these regarded cumulatively as the body of water surrounding the land of the globe. 2 (usu. prec. by the) the sea. 3… …   Useful english dictionary

• tramp steamer — tramp (def. 19). [1885 90] * * *       one of the two principal types of merchant ships as classified by operating method (the other is the ocean liner). The tramp steamer, in contrast to the liner, operates without a schedule, going wherever… …   Universalium