/hwawr"fij, wawr"-/ , n.
1. the use of a wharf: to charge higher rates for wharfage.
2. storage of goods at a wharf: conditions that make wharfage hazardous.
3. the charge or payment for the use of a wharf: to pay one's wharfage monthly.
4. wharves collectively, esp. the number of wharves in a particular port.
[ 1425-75; late ME; see WHARF, -AGE ]