Definition of 'moorage'
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
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moorage in American English
(ˈmurɪdʒ)
noun
1.
a place for mooring
2.
a charge or payment for the use of moorings
3.
an act or instance of mooring or the state of being moored
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