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sink⋅age

  [sing-kij]
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–noun
1. the act, process, amount, or degree of sinking.
2. a surface sunk for decorative effect.
3. Printing.
a. the lowering of the first line of body text on a page from its usual position, as at the beginning of a chapter.
b. the amount of such lowering.
Origin:
1880–85; sink + -age
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sink·age   (sĭng'kĭj)   
n.  

  1. The process, amount, or degree of sinking.

  2. A sunken area; a depression.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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