Wharfage

Definitions: Wharfage

Wharfage

Noun

1. A fee charged for the use of a wharf.

2. A platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats.

Date "wharfage" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1883. (references)

"Wharfage" is a common misspelling or typo for: warfare.

Domain	Definitions
Economics	A charge assessed by a pier or dock owner for handling incoming or outgoing cargo. (references)
Shipping	Charge assessed by a pier or dock owner against freight handled over the pier or dock or against a steamship company using the pier or dock. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Wharfage

Synonyms: dock (n), pier (n), wharf (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Price	Dues, duty, toll, tax, impost, cess, sess, tallage, levy; abkari; capitation tax, poll tax; doomage, likin; gabel, gabelle; gavel, octroi, custom, excise, assessment, benevolence, tithe, tenths, exactment, ransom, salvage, tariff; brokerage, wharfage, freightage.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Wharfage

English words defined with "wharfage": Keyage ♦ Pierage, Port charges ♦ Quayage. (references)

Specialty definitions using "wharfage": MANAGER, HARBOR DEPARTMENT ♦ WHARFINGER, CHIEF. (references)

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Philippines	Incentives for firms in export processing and free trade zones include: exemption from corporate income tax (four years for nonpioneer and six years for pioneer, renewable up to an additional two years); after the expiration of the income tax exemption, a special five percent tax rate in lieu of national and local income taxes (with the exception of land owned by developers, which are subject to real property tax); tax credits for import substitution; exemptions from wharfage dues, export taxes and other fees; a tax credit on domestic capital equipment; tax and duty-free importation of breeding stocks and genetic materials; tax credits on domestic breeding stocks and genetic materials; additional deductions for labor costs and training expenses; domestic sales allowance equivalent to 30 percent of total export sales; permanent resident status for foreign investors and immediate family members; permission to hire foreign nationals; and simplified import procedures. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "wharfage"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		taksë ankorimi, skela, ankorim (anchorage, mooring). (various references)

Bulgarian		кейове. (various references)

Czech		nábřežní. (various references)

Danish		kajpenge (dockage, quay dues, quayage). (various references)

Dutch		kaderecht (dockage, quay dues, quayage), kadegeld (dockage, quay dues, quayage). (various references)

French		droit de quai. (various references)

German		Kaianlage. (various references)

Greek		αποβάθρεσ (wharves), τέλη αποβάθρασ, δικαιώματα προβλήτας (dockage, quay dues, quayage). (various references)

Hebrew		אגרת רציף. (various references)

Hungarian		rakpartilleték (quayage). (various references)

Italian		diritto di banchina (dockage, quay dues, quayage), diritti di ormeggio. (various references)

Manx		keiyaght, keeshyn keiyagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		arfagewhay

Portuguese		desembarcadouro (quay, quayside, wharf), cais (bund, pier, platform, quay, quayside, wharf). (various references)

Russian		причальный сбор. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		taksa za vezivanje broda. (various references)

Spanish		muellaje (dockage). (various references)

Turkish		rıhtımlar, rıhtım ücreti (dock dues, dockage, pierage, quayage), iskeleler, iskele kullanımı, iskele ücreti. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "wharfage": wharfages. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "wharfage" (pronounced 'Wharf"age'): Abusage, Accourage, Adage, Adjustage, Alloyage, Amperage, Appendage, Arrearage, Berthage, Blindage, blockage, Boatage, Bondage, Borage, Bordage, Bossage, Breakage, Brewage, Buoyage, Burgage, Careenage, Cartage, Centage, Checkage, Chiefage, Clearage, Cloudage, Clownage, Coinage, Corage, Cordage, Corkage, Costage, Couage, Courage, Cranage, Crimpage, Cuinage, Encourage, Endamage, Escheatage, Floodage, Floorage, flowage, Foldage, Fraughtage, freightage, Frequentage, frontage, fruitage. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-g-h-r-w"
	-2 letters: agrafe.
	-3 letters: aargh, aware, gerah, wafer, wager, wharf.
	-4 letters: afar, agar, ager, agha, area, fare, fear, frae, frag, gear, grew, haaf, haar, hare, hear, raga, rage, rhea, wage, ware, wear.
	-5 letters: aah, aga, age, aha, are, arf, awa, awe, ear, era, erg, fag, far, feh, fer, few, gae, gar, hae, hag, haw, her, hew.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-f-g-h-r-w"
	+1 letter: wharfages.
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