Definition of "wattage" []

• An amount of power, especially electric power, expressed in watts or kilowatts. (noun)
• The electric power required by an appliance or device. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A call to GE revealed that the feds now require the heating elements to be below a certain wattage threshold."
• "Edited by Stuart M. Kaminsky, the 20-tale collection may not boast the name wattage of its sibling, but no matter: These are, by and large, excellent stories, making for a book of which Poe would be proud."
• "The wattage is the total amount of power required to run an appliance."