"corkage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɔːkɪdʒ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɔɹkɪd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-corkage.ogg [Australia] Forms: corkages [plural]
Etymology: cork + -age. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cork|age}} cork + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} corkage (countable and uncountable, plural corkages)
  1. A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Wine Synonyms: corking fee, opening fee Related terms: BYO, BYOB Coordinate_terms: cakeage Translations (fee charged by restaurant to serve wine that a diner has provided): droit de bouchon [masculine] (French), Korkengeld [neuter] (German), diritto di tappo [masculine] (Italian), descorche [masculine] (Spanish), korkavgift [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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