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wharfage

wharfage

9.5
A fee for using a dock to load, unload, or store cargo
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔrfɪdʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tarifa de muelle
  • Before the vessel could dock, the captain had to arrange for wharfage to avoid any additional charges.

Examples

  • The lack of wharfage over most waterways and the lack of facilities in many community airports further restrict the ease and pleasure of access.

    Academic text (1991)

  • MARPOL Annex V also requires garbage reception facilities at port facilities, including any recreational boating facility that can provide wharfage or other services to 10 or more recreational vessels.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Train and boat would run close to thirty-six dollars a head, plus feed, wharfage, loading, and veterinary inspection.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The shipping company pre-paid all the necessary wharfage fees for unloading their cargo at the port.

  • The wharfage at the busy harbor increased due to the rise in shipping traffic this season.

Synonyms

docking fee
vswharfage
1 3.8

A charge paid to use a dock for a boat

is focused on shore access for cargo handling not mere vessel occupation
quayage
vswharfage
  • UK
9.9

A fee for using a place at a port where ships load and unload

is specific to shore areas mainly for loading unloading and storing cargo
dockage
vswharfage
  • Specialized
8.1

A fee for a boat to use a dock

is charged for shore use focused on handling cargo rather than vessel stay
moorage
vswharfage
  • Specialized
8.9

A fee paid for keeping a boat at a dock

is charged for shore use mainly for loading unloading and storing cargo
lighterage
vswharfage
  • Specialized
9.9

Money paid to move goods by a small flat boat between ship and shore

is a fee for shore use mainly involved in loading unloading and storing cargo

How Expensive

tariff
270 5.6
surcharge
31 5.5
wharfage
  • Specialized
9.5

Surface Forms

wharfage singular
wharfages plural

Morphology

wharfage = wharf (opaque) = wharf + age

Although the word is built from 'wharf' and '-age', the fee sense is a specialized conventional meaning that is not directly predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Wharfage comes from wharf meaning 'landing place' and the ending -age, which in words like postage shows a 'charge'. So, wharfage means the fee for using a wharf.