dockage

¹ American  

[dok-ij] / ˈdɒk ɪdʒ /

noun

1. a charge for the use of a dock.

2. docking accommodations.

3. the act of docking a ship.

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dockage ² American  

[dok-ij] / ˈdɒk ɪdʒ /

noun

1. a curtailment; deduction, as from wages.

2. waste material in wheat and other grains that is easily removed.

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dockage ¹ British  

/ ˈdɒkɪdʒ /

noun

1. a charge levied upon a vessel for using a dock

2. facilities for docking vessels

3. the practice of docking vessels

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dockage ² British  

/ ˈdɒkɪdʒ /

noun

1. a deduction, as from a price or wages

2. agriculture the seeds of weeds and other waste material in commercial seeds, removable by normal cleaning methods

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Etymology

Origin of dockage¹

First recorded in 1700–10; dock ¹ + -age

Origin of dockage²

First recorded in 1885–90; dock ² + -age

Example Sentences

Dockage fees run $120 per linear foot in the summer, $105 in the winter, and Ms. Clegg’s schooner is 39 feet length over all.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2016

Dockage and wharfage rates, for example, had gone unchanged since April 1983, the month Harold Washington succeeded Jane Byrne as Chicago's mayor.

From Chicago Tribune • Aug. 4, 2013

Dockage ranges from free to $20 a night, and the boaters who gather in these harbors often have great stories to tell.

From Time Magazine Archive

Related Words

• abatement
• allowance
• credit
• discount
• rebate
• reduction
• tax write-off
• write-off