# laytime

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. In commercial shipping, the amount of time specified in a charter party for a vessel's loading and unloading.

## Etymology
From lay + time.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/laytime