Dockage — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock

landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛkuː/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɒkɪdʒ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɒkɪdʒ/

2 syllables Say it as /ˈɛkuː/.

Examples

the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

docking facility docking fee docking moorage dock tying up

Parts of Speech

noun	a fee charged for a vessel to use a dock
noun	landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out “the ship arrived at the dock more than a day late”
noun	the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes

Word Forms

dock	verb	maneuver into a dock
moor	verb	secure with cables or ropes

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Anlegestelle

eine Gebühr, die für die Nutzung eines Docks durch ein Schiff erhoben wird

🇫🇷French

impuretés

des frais facturés pour qu'un navire utilise un quai

🇪🇸Spanish

estación del barco

Tasa que se cobra a un buque por utilizar un muelle.

🇮🇹Italian

attracco

una tariffa addebitata a una nave per l'utilizzo di una banchina

🇳🇱Dutch

dokgelden

een vergoeding die een schip in rekening brengt om een dok te gebruiken

🇵🇹Portuguese

atracação

uma taxa cobrada para um navio usar uma doca

🇷🇺Russian

докедж

плата, взимаемая за пользование судном причалом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बंदरगाह में स्टैंड

किसी जहाज़ के लिए गोदी का उपयोग करने हेतु लिया जाने वाला शुल्क

🇧🇩Bengali

ডকেজ

একটি ডক ব্যবহার করার জন্য একটি জাহাজের জন্য চার্জ করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

அடைப்பு

ஒரு கப்பல்துறையை பயன்படுத்த ஒரு கப்பலுக்கு வசூலிக்கப்படும் கட்டணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

డాకేజ్

డాక్‌ని ఉపయోగించడానికి ఓడకు రుసుము విధించబడుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

गोदी

गोदी वापरण्यासाठी जहाजासाठी शुल्क आकारले जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

ડોકેજ

ડોકનો ઉપયોગ કરવા માટે વહાણ માટે વસૂલવામાં આવતી ફી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಡೋಕೇಜ್

ಡಾಕ್ ಅನ್ನು ಬಳಸಲು ಹಡಗಿಗೆ ಶುಲ್ಕ ವಿಧಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഡോക്കേജ്

ഒരു ഡോക്ക് ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നതിന് ഒരു കപ്പലിന് ഈടാക്കുന്ന ഫീസ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡੌਕੇਜ

ਇੱਕ ਡੌਕ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਫੀਸ ਲਈ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

گودی

گودی کو استعمال کرنے کے لیے ایک برتن کے لیے چارج کیا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

码头

船舶使用码头收取的费用

🇯🇵Japanese

ドックケージ

船舶がドックを使用するために請求される料金

🇰🇷Korean

절감

선박이 부두를 사용하는 데 부과되는 요금

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bến tàu

phí để tàu sử dụng bến tàu

🇹🇭Thai

ท่าเรือ

ค่าธรรมเนียมที่เรียกเก็บสำหรับเรือในการใช้ท่าเทียบเรือ

🇮🇩Indonesian

pemotongan

biaya yang dikenakan bagi kapal untuk menggunakan dermaga

🇵🇭Filipino

pantalan

isang bayad na sinisingil para sa isang sisidlan upang gumamit ng isang pantalan

🇲🇾Malay

dok

bayaran yang dikenakan untuk kapal menggunakan dok

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

رصيف السفن

الرسوم المفروضة على السفينة لاستخدام الرصيف

🇮🇷Persian

اسکله

هزینه ای که برای کشتی برای استفاده از اسکله دریافت می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

rıhtım

bir geminin iskeleyi kullanması için alınan ücret

🇮🇱Hebrew

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