yard·age

1 [yahr-dij]
noun
measurement, or the amount measured in yards; length or extent in yards.

Origin:
1875–80; yard1 + -age

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yard·age

2 [yahr-dij]
noun
1.
the use of a yard or enclosure, as in loading or unloading cattle or other livestock at a railroad station.
2.
the charge for such use.

Origin:
1860–65; yard2 + -age

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Yardage is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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yardage1 (ˈjɑːdɪdʒ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a length measured in yards

yardage2 (ˈjɑːdɪdʒ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  the use of a railway yard in the transportation of cattle
2.  the charge for this

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Example sentences
Penalty yardage seldom correlates to wins and losses, so that penalty yardage
  is probably not a major concern.
Capable scrambler who isn't afraid to try to manufacture positive yardage on
  his own.
They know how to use arithmetic and fractions to calculate pattern measurements
  and figure yardage of fabric needed.
Once you have used your free yardage for the year, you will be charged the
  current rates for dumping.
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