Antonyms for wastage

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wey-stij

Phonetic Transcription : ˈweɪ stɪdʒ

Definition of wastage

Origin : 1756, from waste (v.) + -age.

As in waste : noun spending, use without thought
As in dissipation : noun disappearance

Example sentences :

All the wastage of meat, such as the frozen chips, belonged to the dog that found it.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

It may be only a further development of the sin of woman, the wastage of her womanhood.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

I do not know; but even this is better than the wastage of the mother-force in life.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

There was no wastage and the pipes connecting the tanks were in good condition.
Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan

The wastage from the three mentioned was not uniform, but it was constant.
Extract from : « The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 » by F.L. Morrison

It would be necessary, therefore, to ascend to the sack, and stop the wastage at once.
Extract from : « The Boy Tar » by Mayne Reid

And we of the Sixth Regiment were to make good the "wastage of war."
Extract from : « Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles » by Oliver Hogue

Some allowance for wastage would necessarily have to be made.
Extract from : « The Relief of Chitral » by George John Younghusband

The wastage of teachers could only be met by making the career more attractive.
Extract from : « The Annual Register 1914 » by Anonymous

Farmers feared foreclosure and the wastage of their life efforts.
Extract from : « North Dakota » by Various

Synonyms for wastage

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