wastage

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wast·age /ˈweɪstɪdʒ/ noun [uncountableU] formal

1 when something is lost or destroyed, especially in a way that is not useful or reasonable, or the amount that is lost or destroyed 浪费；耗费(量)，损耗(量)

The system used to result in a great deal of food wastage.

这种做法过去造成了大量的食物浪费。

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wastage of ability among working class children

工人阶级子女中才能的浪费现象

2. natural wastage formal British EnglishBrEBE a reduction in the number of workers because of people leaving, retiring etc and not because they have lost their jobs 〔因离职、退休等引起的〕自然减员

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natural wastage• There is a natural wastage of at least five percent on any diet.• Voluntary redundancies and natural wastage are expected instead of sackings.• No, natural wastage, as they call it these days, took care of the decrease.• He didn't mind the natural wastage, at all.• Membership from now on will be by invitation only as existing places become available through natural wastage.• Ten of the posts to go will disappear through natural wastage.• For the Army we are talking about in excess of 10,000 redundancies and much of the other reductions will occur through natural wastage.

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wastage• Count part tiles as whole ones, then add an extra 5% to allow for wastage.• The mean wastage rate therefore is 37.5 %, which gives us a figure for last year of 375m untouched desserts.• For the Army we are talking about in excess of 10,000 redundancies and much of the other reductions will occur through natural wastage.• As a result, there was a lot of wastage in every area of our lives.

From Longman Business Dictionary

wastagewast·age /ˈweɪstɪdʒ/ noun [uncountableU]

1an amount of something that is lost or destroyed

Penalties should be introduced for excessive wastage of materials.

Our courses are designed to maximise the learning process and minimise time and money wastage.

2natural wastageHUMAN RESOURCES a reduction in the number of people working for a company, organization etc because workers decide to leave or stop working, not because they have lost their jobs

We achieved a 40% reduction in staff through natural wastage and redeployment to other offices.

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