the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The fee or duty paid for the privilege of using a wharf for loading or unloading goods; pierage, collectively; quayage.
n. A wharf or wharfs, collectively; wharfing.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Provision of or accommodation at wharves; berthage at a wharf: as, the city had abundant wharfage; to find wharfage for a ship.
n. Charge or payment for the use of a wharf; the charges or receipts for accommodation at a wharf or at wharves.
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n. a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
n. a fee charged for the use of a wharf or quay
Word Usage
"The agreement ensures that New Millennium will have the right to export its products over the SIPA owned dock at Sept-Iles at competitive and established long term wharfage rates."