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dockage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dockage has 3 senses
- dockage(n = noun.possession) docking fee - a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock; Array is a kind of fee
- dockage(n = noun.artifact) dock, docking facility - landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out; "the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late" has particulars: dry dock, drydock, graving dock, marina
- dockage(n = noun.act) docking, moorage, tying up - the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes; Array is a kind of arrival
is a kind of landing, landing place
is a part of harbor, harbour, haven, seaport
Derived form verb dock1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dockage, n.
1 the charge made for using docks.
2 dock accommodation.
3 the berthing of vessels in docks.
1 the charge made for using docks.
2 dock accommodation.
3 the berthing of vessels in docks.
THESAURUS
dockage
admission, admission fee, anchorage, anchorage ground, basin, berth, breakwater, brokerage, bulkhead, carfare, cellarage, charge, charges, cover charge, demand, dock, dockyard, dry dock, dues, embankment, entrance fee, exaction, exactment, fare, fee, groin, harbor, harborage, haven, hire, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, license fee, marina, mole, moorings, pier, pilotage, port, portage, protected anchorage, quay, road, roads, roadstead, salvage, scot, scot and lot, seaport, seawall, shipyard, shot, slip, storage, toll, towage, wharf, wharfage
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