corkage

[ kawr-kij ]

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noun

a fee charged, as in a restaurant, for serving wine or liquor brought in by the patron.: Compare cakeage.

Origin of corkage

First recorded in 1830–40; cork + -age

Words Nearby corkage

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How to use corkage in a sentence

corkage, money charged when persons at an hotel provide their own wine—sixpence being charged for each cork drawn.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten
I bring it with me when I come to Paris, and let them charge for corkage.'
Despair's Last Journey | David Christie Murray

British Dictionary definitions for corkage

corkage

/ (ˈkɔːkɪdʒ) /

noun

a charge made at a restaurant for serving wine, etc, bought off the premises

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