merchant vessel
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmerchantandvessel
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merchant
noun[C]
uk/ˈmɜː.tʃənt/us/ˈmɝː.tʃənt/
a person whose job is to buy and sell products in large amounts, especially by trading with ...
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vessel
noun[C]
uk/ˈves.əl/us/ˈves.əl/
formal
a large boat or ...
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(Definition ofmerchantandvesselfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We therefore do not hold information onmerchantvesselmovements beyond the seven voyage limit.
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It is totally different from building amerchantvesselor a tanker.
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If so, is it to be a convertedmerchantvessel, or a properly defended one?
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It follows from this that there is no point in building a prototype nuclearmerchantvesselunless two conditions are satisfied.
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An announcement should be made about that, or we should be considering a substitute form of provision—perhaps amerchantvesselsubstitute.
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The naval vessel is so much more expensive—and precious even—than themerchantvesselthat the equation does not begin to exist.
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Some of these yards have a better geographical position than ours; some are situated further down themerchantvesselroutes, particularly those of the oil tankers.
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Once amerchantvesselhas paid light dues, there is no further liability for a period of one month from that date.
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One of these merchantmen converted into a ship of war captures amerchantvesselbringing a cargo of grain to this country.
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At the present time, our fishermen carry out their work in constant fear of a collision with amerchantvessel.
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In particular amerchantvesselmay not be destroyed without making genuine provision for the safety of her occupants.
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The difference at the moment is that one can accept a far greater burn-up and intitial cost—plus fuel and running costs—of a warship than of amerchantvessel.
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I understand the discharges referred to are due to the completion of work on amerchantvessel.
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At the same time, work is going ahead to produce a surfacemerchantvesselwhich will be economic.
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Recollect that it is not necessary that a vessel should be regularly built as a man-of-war in order to enable her to stop amerchantvessel.
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They made that announcement just before they announced their policy of sinking everymerchantvesselon sight.
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Probably as a result of that, it now has a £13 million contract to convert amerchantvesselinto a helicopter landing ship for the fleet.
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There are other types ofmerchantvessel, apart from the oil tankers in the news, which are in a deplorable condition.
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He sailed on board amerchantvesselin which he had a monetary stake.
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It is also believed that it was amerchantvessel.
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