| 单词 | stealage |
| 释义 | stealage in British English (ˈstiːlɪdʒ) noun 1. loss due to theft 2. the act of stealing stealage in American English (ˈstilɪdʒ) noun 1. the act of stealing 2. losses due to theft Word origin [1860–65; steal + -age]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blind spot, calibrate, metric system, mutualism, trade name-age is a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech,occurring originally in loanwords from French (voyage; courage) and productive in English with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage; breakage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of”(seepage; wreckage; spoilage), “place of living or business” (parsonage; brokerage), “social standing or relationship” (bondage; marriage; patronage), and “quantity, measure, or charge” (footage; shortage; tonnage; towage) |
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