Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A charge exacted at a restaurant for every bottle of liquor served that was not bought on the premises.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The corking or uncorking of bottles; hence, the serving of wine or other bottled beverages in hotels and inns. Specifically
- noun A charge made by hotel-keepers and others for the serving of wine and liquors not furnished by the house, or for the corking and re-serving of partly emptied bottles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fee charged by arestaurant to servewine that thediner has provided, at aBYOB .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises
Etymologies
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Examples
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Places that do not offer wine are charging for corkage which is ridiculous and, if we are learning anything from the saga of the East Village's European Union opening, probably criminal.
learn wine 2006
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Places that do not offer wine are charging for corkage which is ridiculous and, if we are learning anything from the saga of the East Village's European Union opening, probably criminal.
Corkage 2006
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For another wrinkle, some areas in Ontario permit 'corkage', whereby diners can bring their own bottle of wine to a restaurant and pay the corkage fee.
tastings 2006
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This week, the Baltimore Sun weighed in against the corkage ban in a hard-hitting editorial that called the corkage ban “nonsensical” and “yet another example of the convoluted, antiquated, and anti-consumer nature of Maryland’s liquor laws.”
Wine: Will Maryland wine drinkers get a break? Dave McIntyre 2010
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With sales and traffic dwindling, many restaurants are either offering BYOB nights or chopping the "corkage" fee to open bottles bought elsewhere, to entice more wine-drinking diners to pay for a meal out.
Latest Articles 2009
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With sales and traffic dwindling, many restaurants are either offering BYOB nights or chopping the "corkage" fee to open bottles bought elsewhere, to entice more wine-drinking diners to pay for a meal out.
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Other popular suggestions included a three-euro charge for smoking a cigarette in a specially converted toilet cubicle, and a two-euro 'corkage' fee for bringing your own food on-board.
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With sales and traffic dwindling, many restaurants are either offering BYOB nights or chopping the "corkage" fee to open bottles bought elsewhere, to entice more wine-drinking diners to pay for a meal out.
unknown title 2009
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With sales and traffic dwindling, many restaurants are either offering BYOB nights or chopping the "corkage" fee to open bottles bought elsewhere, to entice more wine-drinking diners to pay for a meal out.
Gazette.com : 2009
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€2 "corkage" fee for passengers who bring their own food,
planet.journals.ie 2009
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