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PRONUNCIATION OF HEADAGE

headage  [ˈhedɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEADAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Headage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HEADAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of headage in the English dictionary

The definition of headage in the dictionary is a payment to a farmer based on the number of animals kept.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEADAGE


adage
ˈædɪdʒ
appendage
əˈpɛndɪdʒ
bandage
ˈbændɪdʒ
blindage
ˈblaɪndɪdʒ
bondage
ˈbɒndɪdʒ
brigandage
ˈbrɪɡəndɪdʒ
cordage
ˈkɔːdɪdʒ
frondage
ˈfrɒndɪdʒ
guidage
ˈɡaɪdɪdʒ
husbandage
ˈhʌzbəndɪdʒ
impoundage
ɪmˈpaʊndɪdʒ
pondage
ˈpɒndɪdʒ
poundage
ˈpaʊndɪdʒ
Sandage
ˈsændɪdʒ
unbandage
ʌnˈbændɪdʒ
vagabondage
ˈvæɡəˌbɒndɪdʒ
vendage
ˈvendɪdʒ
windage
ˈwɪndɪdʒ
wordage
ˈwɜːdɪdʒ
yardage
ˈjɑːdɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEADAGE

head-butt
head-hunting
head-load
head-on
head-start
head-to-head
head-up display
headache
headachey
headachy
headband
headbang
headboard
headborough
headcase
headchair
headcheese
headcloth
headdress
headed

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEADAGE

Ace Bandage
bavardage
cloudage
crepe bandage
fardage
garlandage
groundage
guardage
hidage
living bandage
marivaudage
roller bandage
scaffoldage
sondage
Tensor bandage

Synonyms and antonyms of headage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «headage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEADAGE

Find out the translation of headage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of headage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «headage» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

头数
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

por cabeza
570 millions of speakers

English

headage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

headage
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

headage
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

headage
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

encabeçamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

headage
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de têtes de bétail
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tierbezogenen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

headage
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

headage
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepala
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

headage
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

headage
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मथळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

headage
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

per capo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pogłowia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

headage
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe cap de animal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανά κεφαλή ζώου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

per dier
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

per djur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

headage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of headage

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEADAGE»

The term «headage» is used very little and occupies the 157.000 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of headage
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEADAGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «headage» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «headage» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about headage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEADAGE»

Discover the use of headage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to headage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries 2007 Monitoring and ...
Limits are placed on the animals per farm eligible to receive headage payments. In contrast to the area payment programme, a regional distinction is only made for laying hens and breeding pigs. In 2005/06, headage payments decreased or  ...
OECD, 2007
2
Review of Agricultural Policies OECD Review of Agricultural ...
Area and headage payments 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Total area and headage payments, million SIT 17.2 133.8 141.3 624.0 1 845.0 2 774.1 3 094.4 4 730.0 Distribution of payments by programmes, per cent: General ...
OECD, 2001
3
Low Income Farm Households: Incidence, Characteristics, and ...
The reason for the relatively favoured position of dairy farms is fairly clear: milk prices have been maintained at a high level and, very importantly, It is however noted that dairy farm incomes also benefit indirectly from the premia and headage ...
James P. Frawley, 2000
4
Agricultural Policies in Transition Economies 2002 Trends in ...
the three Baltic states have launched the institutional preparations, but generally maintain previous regimes... ... like Bulgaria and Romania A shift to area and headage payments is a strong sign of EU-like transformation of producer support.
OECD, 2002
5
Agricultural Policies in OECD Countries 2000 Monitoring and ...
Total expenditures on area and headage payments increased by 25 per cent ( Table II.4). Direct payments to promote organic farming, introduced in 1998, were increased by 46 per cent to reach CKr 70 million (US$2 million) in 1999. Table II. 4.
OECD, 2000
6
Oecd Review of Agricultural Policies: Slovenia
Other OECD Reviews of Agricultural Policies: Bulgaria (2000) Romania (2000) Russian Federation (1998) Slovak Republic (1997) Estonia (1996) Latvia (1996) Lithuania (1996) Czech Republic (1995) Poland (1995) Hungary (1994) This Review is ...
‎2001
7
A Bond Scheme for Common Agricultural Policy Reform
However, headage payments too present difficulties. Headage payments Although the 1992 reforms made important changes to the headage payment system, in fact these payments were in place before then. For sheepmeat, the ewe ...
Alan Swinbank, R. B. Tranter, 2004
8
OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms
Headage payments are budgetary payments made to individual producers on the basis of the number of head of a specific type of livestock to supplement producer returns earned through sales at market prices. Headage payments are ...
OECD, 2008
9
Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in the European Union
In an initial step, from 1992, headage payments became the prime means of support, with some variations in payment levels for beef cattle linked to the farm's stocking densities, partly because of concerns about the environmental impact of  ...
OECD, 2011
10
ACP-EU Trade and Aid Co-operation: Post Lomé IV
These 'headage payments' on beef animals and suckler cows, and similar headage payments for sheep, were limited by various quota mechanisms. Milk quotas were rolled forward to the year 2000, but with no significant changes to milk ...
M. McQueen, C. Phillips, D. Hallam, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEADAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term headage is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bring back wonder
... never as intensive in Ireland it was reduced in the 1990s following EU rulings on over-grazing and related changes to headage payments. «Village, Jul 15»
2
Lamb losses up 14% in Northern Ireland
This was offset by a 43% reduction in the 'unassigned' total, indicating that more fallen stock was submitted on a headage basis rather than on ... «Agriland, Jun 15»
3
Volatility special - Global sheep trade
He said: “I think there has always been a certain amount of volatility, but we are seeing more of it since we have moved away from headage ... «FG Insight, Jun 15»
4
Who gets your vote? Gareth Dunn, UKIP
Hill farmers will receive additional headage payments within WTO rules. Electronic Individual Identification Documents for sheep will be ... «Monmouthshire Beacon, Apr 15»
5
Playing on a global stage in the post-quota world
Milk quotas have long outlived the 10 and 22-month special beef, slaughter and ewe premia and seen terms like headage, retention, setaside, ... «Irish Independent, Mar 15»
6
East Central NFUS chairman Roddy Kennedy takes stock of issues …
It is interesting to note the Irish are already talking about headage payments in the next CAP review, so we may be looking for problems that ... «The Courier, Mar 15»
7
Questionable community element in wind farm developments
Much of this damage has followed in the wake of public policy linked to subsidies, such as headage payments for sheep, forestry plantations on ... «Herald Scotland, Mar 15»
8
Miriam Lord: Welcome to Lucinda's and Shane's Republic of Loose
And their TDs would be able to keep their handsome Dáil allowances instead of the party collecting headage payments for them. So what will ... «Irish Times, Jan 15»
9
Sutherland crofters will get 'crumbs from the table' under new CAP …
“The glory days of livestock headage payments and 90 per cent intervention levels on CCAGS is but a distant memory. Hard times are here for ... «Sutherland Northern Times, Nov 14»
10
Vegan charity against UK poultry targets Nando's
... distributed by the charity plays on the fact 945 million chickens are slaughtered a year – accounting for 94% of all animals by headage. «FarmersWeekly, Nov 14»

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