corkage

(kôrkij)

noun

a charge made, as at a restaurant, for opening and serving each bottle of wine or liquor bought elsewhere and brought in by a patron, or, occas., for every bottle opened and served, regardless of source

Origin: cork + -age

See corkage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A charge exacted at a restaurant for every bottle of liquor served that was not bought on the premises.

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