Meaning & use
Corkage
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A fee charged by a restaurant for opening and serving a bottle of wine that a customer brought in themselves.
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The restaurant charges a twenty-dollar corkage fee for outside wine.
We asked in advance whether corkage was allowed at the venue.
A note on using this word
Refers to the act of removing a cork, hence 'corkage.'
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wine fee
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