wastage

«wastage» in Mova's school dictionary: wasted or lost — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (wastage; uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The amount of something that is wasted or lost. tree →

2) The act of wasting. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, maths and business: food wastage, water wastage, calculating how much material is lost when cutting. In the formal exam voice: «Calculate the wastage.» means work out the amount lost.

examples

• The school is trying to cut food wastage at lunch. tree →
• A dripping tap causes a lot of water wastage. tree →
• We cut a 50 cm board into 3 pieces of 15 cm, with 5 cm of wastage. tree →
• Wastage in the factory was very low. tree →
• Buying too much fruit led to wastage. tree →
• Builders allow for some wastage of tiles. tree →

note

Uncountable. Close to «waste», but «wastage» often means the amount lost. In maths: wastage = amount you started with − amount used (50 − 45 = 5).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wastage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.