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# wastage

noun (wastage; uncountable)

«wastage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The amount of something that is wasted or lost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wastage/#m1)
2. The act of wasting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wastage/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wastage/#x1)
- A dripping tap causes a lot of water wastage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wastage/#x2)
- We cut a 50 cm board into 3 pieces of 15 cm, with 5 cm of wastage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wastage/#x3)
- Wastage in the factory was very low. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wastage/#x4)
- Buying too much fruit led to wastage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wastage/#x5)
- Builders allow for some wastage of tiles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wastage/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wastage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wastage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wastage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wastage.html) on Mova free.