Lexicon of Nineteenth-Century Customs Records and Regional Nouns

• Demurrage variant — A regional phonetic variant or old graphical alteration of the word alenșig, used in the past in the merchant language of Danubian ports to designate a demurrage fee or a financial penalty imposed for delayed unloading of cargo from ships. In some rural communities, the term was also isolated with the secondary meaning of abundance or surplus obtained following a favorable commercial exchange.