ANCHORAGE, merc. law. A toll paid for every anchor cast from a ship into a river, and sometimes a toll bearing this name is paid, although there be no anchor cast. This toll is said to be incident to almost every port. 1 Wm. Bl. 413; 2 Chit. Com. Law, 16.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Anchorage -- U.S. Municipality in Alaska
Population (2000): 260283
Housing Units (2000): 100368
Land area (2000): 1697.214921 sq. miles (4395.766279 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 263.879964 sq. miles (683.445939 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1961.094885 sq. miles (5079.212218 sq. km)
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 61.191900 N, 149.762097 W
Headwords: Anchorage Anchorage, AK Anchorage Municipality Anchorage Municipality, AK

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000)
 

Anchorage, AK -- U.S. municipality in Alaska
Population (2000): 260283
Housing Units (2000): 100368
Land area (2000): 1697.214921 sq. miles (4395.766279 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 263.879964 sq. miles (683.445939 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1961.094885 sq. miles (5079.212218 sq. km)
FIPS code: 03000
Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
Location: 61.191900 N, 149.762097 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 99501 99502 99503 99504 99507 99508 99515 99516 99517 99518
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Anchorage, AK Anchorage

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Anchorage, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 2264
Housing Units (2000): 750
Land area (2000): 3.043011 sq. miles (7.881361 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.006563 sq. miles (0.016998 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.049574 sq. miles (7.898359 sq. km)
FIPS code: 01504
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 38.265370 N, 85.537571 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 40223
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Anchorage, KY Anchorage

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Anchorage \An"chor*age\, n.

1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor. [1913 Webster]

2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor. [1913 Webster]

3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship. [1913 Webster]

4. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge. [1913 Webster]

5. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust. [1913 Webster]

6. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Anchorage \An"cho*rage\, n. Abode of an anchoret. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

92 Moby Thesaurus words for "anchorage": admission, admission fee, anchor, anchorage ground, basin, berth, bourn, breakwater, brokerage, bulkhead, carfare, cellarage, charge, charges, chuck, colonization, cover charge, demand, destination, dock, dockage, dockyard, dry dock, dues, embankment, entrance fee, establishment, exaction, exactment, fare, fee, fixation, foundation, goal, groin, harbor, harborage, haven, hire, hook, inauguration, initiation, installation, installment, investiture, jetty, jutty, landing, landing place, landing stage, last stop, license fee, lodgment, marina, mole, mooring, mooring buoy, moorings, mudhook, peopling, pier, pilotage, plantation, population, port, portage, protected anchorage, quay, riding, road, roads, roadstead, salvage, scot, scot and lot, seaport, seawall, settlement, settling, shipyard, shot, slip, stop, stopping place, storage, terminal, terminal point, terminus, toll, towage, wharf, wharfage

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

anchorage

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Anchorage \An"chor*age\, n.

1. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.

2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.

3. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.

4. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.

5. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

6. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. --Johnson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Anchorage \An"cho*rage\, n. Abode of an anchoret.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)