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word·age

 (wûr′dĭj)
n.
1. Words considered as a group, or the manner in which words are used: "He stammered indistinctly, searching for the correct wordage" (Tom Robbins).
2. The number of words used, as in a novel: Is the author's payment based on total wordage?
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wordage

(ˈwɜːdɪdʒ)
n
(Linguistics) words considered collectively, esp a quantity of words
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word•age

(ˈwɜr dɪdʒ)

n.
1. words collectively.
2. quantity or amount of words.
3. verbiage; wordiness.
4. choice of words; wording.
[1820–30]
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wordage

noun
1. Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision:
2. Choice of words and the way in which they are used:
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wordage

[ˈwɜːdɪdʒ] Nnúmero m or recuento m de palabras
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How much more intoxicating to open up to the idea that some combination of wordage might come along that will flip a few neural switches and actually make you feel differently about something.
The book is well written with little excess wordage, and because of the thorough table of contents and index, it is very user friendly.
The entry on the largest territory in the British Empire--Canada--barely merited a six-line paragraph; the entry on Newfoundland (4) was granted slightly more wordage (Figure 2):
The idea of idiomatic translation for diverse audiences is hardly a new one; Mildred Larson's classic translation studies textbook Meaning-Based Translation advises a two-step process of translation in which the translator first determines the meaning of the text at hand and then translates the meaning, rather than the exact wordage, into the receiving language.
One other abortion-related wordage (again I don't know when the admonition was offered).
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When it was all settled further, Rodney King appeared on television and mentioned this short sentence: "can't we all just get along?" That wordage has been on my mind for a number of years, and I keep suggesting that the medical community can, and should, incorporate usage of health professions other than exclusively their own, for the benefit of society as a whole.
must receive effect if used with reference to lands in Scotland." (94) This meant that wordage recognised by the legal cultus as creating a right of property in moveables for an executor would create a similar right of property over land.
English eccentrics with an ear for a tune, hilarious wordage and a twinkle in the eye.