Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A charge for docking privileges.
  • noun Facilities for docking vessels.
  • noun The docking of ships.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Curtailment; deduction, as of wages.
  • noun Provision for the docking of vessels; accommodation in a dock; the act of docking a vessel; the charge for the use of a dock: as, the port has ample dockage; dockage, so much (in an account).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A charge for the use of a dock.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun nautical The act of docking
  • noun nautical A charge levied for docking

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock
  • noun landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
  • noun the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes

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Examples

  • The railway company's refusal to furnish cars for loading direct from the farmer's wagon compelled the shipper to sell to the elevator operator for whatever price he could get, accepting whatever weights the operator allowed and whatever "dockage" he chose to decree.

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  • The resort will serve as the hub for all the week's events, such as dockage, car parking, hotel accommodations and the race village, where evening festivities will occur.

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  • The resort will serve as the hub for all the week's events, such as dockage, car parking, hotel accommodations and the race village, where evening festivities will occur.

    The Political Briefing 2010

  • The resort will serve as the hub for all the week's events, such as dockage, car parking, hotel accommodations and the race village, where evening festivities will occur.

    The Political Briefing 2010

  • Owners generally pay for expenses directly related to the boat such as dockage, fuel, sails, lines and other equipment.

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  • Selkirk isn't being paid any kind of dockage fees to have it here, and I just think it looks really bad to have it sitting there, "she said of the ship.

    Winnipeg Sun 2010

  • Selkirk isn't being paid any kind of dockage fees to have it here, and I just think it looks really bad to have it sitting there, "she said of the ship.

    Winnipeg Sun 2010

  • Susan Polan of Illustrated Properties calls the home "magnificent" but says the price is aggressive given its location near airplane paths and the lack of immediate access to a beach or yacht dockage.

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  • Robert Stevens Susan Polan of Illustrated Properties called the home 'magnificent' but says the price was aggressive given its location near airplane paths, the lack of immediate access to a beach and the lack of yacht dockage.

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  • The 1. 6-acre waterfront compound, composed of five adjacent lots, comes with more than 600 feet of waterfront, dockage for multiple yachts and a poolside loggia.

    Sprawling Las Vegas Estate Is Offered for $37.5 Million 2010

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