"scrappage" meaning in All languages combined

See scrappage on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: scrappages [plural]
Etymology: scrap + -age Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|scrap|age}} scrap + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} scrappage (usually uncountable, plural scrappages)
  1. The practice of scrapping something. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-scrappage-en-noun-ZACw~pi8
  2. (UK) An amount of money paid by the government to a person trading in an old car (to be scrapped) for a more environmentally-friendly new one. Tags: UK, uncountable, usually Translations (amount of money paid to trade in an old car): Abwrackprämie [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-scrappage-en-noun-5~SLBcpp Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'amount of money paid to trade in an old car': 2 98

Inflected forms

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