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scrappage
[ skrap-ij ]
noun
- the act or process of discarding or getting rid of something, especially the act of selling a motor vehicle to a scrapyard for reuse as raw material:
The logistics company has identified 700 low-capacity trucks for scrappage.
The planned scrappage of the outdated math curriculum might be the most important element of the party’s platform.
adjective
- for or relating to the discarding of something:
Scrappage values for compact cars are at record levels right now.
When parts do not meet strict machining criteria, it results in increased scrappage rates.
- designating or relating to an arrangement under which a government rewards consumers who give up their old vehicles for reuse as raw material: designed to remove from circulation vehicles with poor fuel economy or high levels of harmful emissions:
The government has announced an ambitious scrappage program for cars 10 years or older.
Word History and Origins
Origin of scrappage1
Example Sentences
Contractors Stadler Rail said the £5,000 sale price would cover the cost of scrappage.
The mayor said 95% of vehicles seen driving in London on an average day now met clean air standards, thanks tohis £160m scrappage scheme.
Mr Khan has urged the government to fund a national scrappage scheme to cover the wider south-east.
And given Labour won't oppose any tax cut on income, for instance, that the scrappage of the status would be spent on, it would leave a gap in their wider spending plans.
Sadiq Khan asked Transport Secretary Mark Harper to enable Londoners to donate suitable vehicles to Ukraine through scrappage schemes.
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