the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A charge for the use of a dock.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Curtailment; deduction, as of wages.
n. 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).
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n. a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock
n. 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
n. the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes
Word Usage
"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."