steer‧age /ˈstɪərɪdʒ $ ˈstɪr-/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Origin: steerage 'steering (place)' (15-21 centuries); because this part of the ship was next to the rudder]
the part of a passenger ship where people who had the cheapest tickets used to travel in the past
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