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Wharfage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Wharfage has 2 senses
- wharfage(n = noun.possession) quayage - a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay; Array is a kind of fee
- wharfage(n = noun.artifact) dock, pier, wharf - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats; Array has parts: bitt, bollard, shipside
has particulars: levee, quay
is a kind of platform
Derived form verb wharf1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Wharfage, n.
- The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage. [1913 Webster]
- A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
Wharfage
Price
N price, amount, cost, expense, prime cost, charge, figure, demand, damage, fare, hire, wages, value, dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy, abkari, capitation tax, poll tax, doomage, likin, gabel, gabelle, gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff, brokerage, wharfage, freightage, bill, shot, priced, to the tune of, ad valorem, dutiable, mercenary, venal, no penny no paternoster, point d'argent point de Suisse, no longer pipe no longer dance, no song no supper, if you dance you have to pay the piper, you get what you pay for, there's no such thing as a free lunch, one may have it for, a bon marche.
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