wharfage

American  

[hwawr-fij, wawr-] / ˈʰwɔr fɪdʒ, ˈwɔr- /

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.

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wharfage British  

/ ˈwɔːfɪdʒ /

noun

1. accommodation for ships at wharves

2. a charge for use of a wharf

3. wharves collectively

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Etymology

Origin of wharfage

A late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at wharf, -age

Example Sentences

The same document claims that the city will see $6m in revenue each year from a wharfage fee plus $5m in contributions to an Oakland Initiatives Fund, which can support charities and health programs.

From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2019

"The proposed wharfage fee is 14 times higher than what any other business is being charged for using port facilities," SpaceX spokesman John Taylor said in an email.

From The Verge • Jun. 21, 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

Another gain from last week's decision was the I. C. C.'s order to the New York Central to absorb wharfage charges in Albany as it does at Boston.

From Time Magazine Archive

In addition to these lines, many steamboats and crafts of all kinds, plying the waters of Puget Sound and the Pacific ocean, find abundant wharfage and anchorage in the harbor of Tacoma.

From A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 by Howell, Ithamar