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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay;
[syn: wharfage, quayage]

2. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats;
[syn: pier, wharf, wharfage, dock]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wharfage \Wharf"age\, n. [1913 Webster] 1. The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage. [1913 Webster] 2. A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wharfage n 1: a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay [syn: wharfage, quayage] 2: a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats [syn: pier, wharf, wharfage, dock]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

WHARFAGE. The money paid for landing goods upon, or loading them from a wharf. Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.