-dij, -dēj noun
( -s )
1.
a. : words
keeps the music programs tied together with wordage — Saul Carson
b. : verbiage 1
all the lobby and meeting-room wordage produced only these skimpy results — Newsweek
2. : the number or quantity of words
six long stories, ranging in wordage from 17,000 to 35,000 — Anthony Boucher
3. : the use or choice of words : wording 2
signs of youth and inexperience in the wordage , some of which is at random — New York Herald Tribune Book Review