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wharfage

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wharf⋅age

  [hwawr-fij, wawr-]
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–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, esp. the number of wharves in a particular port.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME; see wharf, -age
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wharf·age   (hwôr'fĭj, wôr'fĭj)   
n.  

    1. The use of wharves or a wharf.

    2. The charges for this usage.

  2. A group of wharves.

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