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corkage

[kawr-kij] / ˈkɔr kɪdʒ /
NOUN
service charge
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The Hawksmoor chain of steakhouses offers free corkage on quiet midweek nights.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2024

Napa Valley’s French Laundry charges a $150 corkage fee just for the privilege of bringing in your own wine into the eatery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2022

Diners can buy bottles off the shelf at retail prices, take them home or pay a $10 corkage fee to drink them in the restaurant.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2021

No one, including visiting tourists, pays a corkage fee.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2017

As for the dentist, he collects the fixed charge for stumpage and corkage and one thing and another and you come away with a feeling in the side of your jaw like a vacant lot.

From Cobb's Anatomy by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb


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