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Definition of Corkage
1. Noun. A charge added at a restaurant for every bottle of wine served that was not bought on the premises.
Definition of Corkage
1. n. The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.
Definition of Corkage
1. Noun. A fee charged by a restaurant to serve wine that the diner has provided, at a BYOB. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corkage
1. a charge for wine in a restaurant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corkage
Literary usage of Corkage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1877)
"Charge you corkage—though corkage on fish ridiculous unless it was a bottle-nosed
whale.— Hullo! pillar matchbox on the mantelpiece. ..."
2. The Letters of Daniel Webster: From Documents Owned Principally by the New by Daniel Webster (1902)
"The charge is high for us two; but the omission of corkage (one dollar per bottle)
is a considerable diminution. I have had a coloured man as my servant, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1855)
"Edited by JOHN ROSE corkage, MD May, June, July, August, 1855. Dublin Medical Press.
June, July, August, 1855. Dublin Hospital Gazette. ..."
4. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"A 'corkage' charge of 1-3«. is made on each bottle of wine used that has not been
purchased from the hotel. Restaurant« are not nearly 80 common in England ..."
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