Lexicographical Neighbors of Dockages
Literary usage of Dockages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Federal Trade Commission on the Grain Trade by United States Federal Trade Commission (1920)
"The overages or shortages in dockages or weights are reflected in the comparison
of the net ... In order to determine loss or gain on dockages and weights, ..."
2. Water Terminal and Transfer Facilities: Letter from the Acting Secretary of by United States Army. Corps of Engineers (1913)
"This landing receives about 1000 dockages per year. The outgoing freight consists
principally of ... This wharf receives about 2.000 dockages per year. ..."
3. Studies in the Marketing of Farm Products by Louis Dwight Harvell Weld (1915)
"In some cases returns show "dockages" for dirt or unusable potatoes. Some cases
have been found where the dockages were unwarranted. ..."
4. Annual Report by Philadelphia (Pa.) Electrical Bureau, Philadelphia (Pa.) Mayor [Message] (1913)
"dockages are made for any light which does not burn at least six hours ...
dockages are largely based on nightly reports rendered by the police officers. ..."
5. Studies in the Social Sciences by University of Minnesota (1915)
"In some cases returns show "dockages" for dirt or unusable potatoes. Some cases
have been found where the dockages were unwarranted. ..."
6. The Canadian Law Times by Judicial Committee, Great Britain, Privy Council (1903)
"... and also dockages for dirt, etc., etc. The- contention on the part of the
defendant is that the agreement or bargain in this case, which was verbal, ..."
7. The Marketing of Farm Products by Louis Dwight Harvell Weld (1916)
"cases, and that 36.4 per cent of all reinspections should have resulted in changes
of the original grades or dockages. It is also an interesting fact that ..."
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