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noun
The practice of scrapping something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable, usually
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History
Etymology tree English scrap Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English scrappage From scrap + -age.
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