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wharfage

 [hwawr-fij, wawr-]  

wharf·age

   [hwawr-fij, wawr-]
noun
1.
the use of a wharf: to charge higher rates for wharfage.
2.
storage of goods at a wharf: conditions that make wharfage hazardous.
3.
the charge or payment for the use of a wharf: to pay one's wharfage monthly.
4.
wharves collectively, especially the number of wharves in a particular port.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English; see wharf, -age
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wharfage (ˈwɔːfɪdʒ)
 
—n
1.  accommodation for ships at wharves
2.  a charge for use of a wharf
3.  wharves collectively

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