wastage

Word family  noun wastage waste wastefulness waster wastrel adjective waste wasteful wasted wasting verb waste adverb wastefully

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++wast·age /ˈweɪstɪdʒ/ noun [uncountable] 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。wastage of 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 EnglishBE 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

Examples from the Corpus

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 Dictionarywastagewast‧age /ˈweɪstɪdʒ/ noun [uncountable]1an amount of something that is lost or destroyedPenalties 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 jobsWe achieved a 40% reduction in staff through natural wastage and redeployment to other offices.

wast·age nounChineseSyllable  

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wastage
wast‧age /ˈweɪstɪdʒ/ noun [uncountable] formal1. when something is lost or destroyed, especially in a way that is not useful or reasonable, or the amount that is lost or destroyed:
    The system used to result in a great deal of food wastage.
    wastage of
    wastage of ability among working class children
2. natural wastage British English a reduction in the number of workers because of people leaving, retiring etc and not because they have lost their jobs

wast·ageBrE /ˈweɪstɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈweɪstɪdʒ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, singular] ~ (of sth) the fact of losing or destroying sth, especially because it has been used or dealt with carelessly 耗费；损耗；浪费◆It was a new production technique aimed at minimizing wastage. 这是一项旨在使损耗减至最低的新生产技术。🔊🔊 [uncountable] the amount of sth that is wasted 损耗量；耗费量；浪费量◆There is little wastage from a lean cut of meat. 瘦肉基本上没有损耗。🔊🔊 [uncountable] (BrE) the loss of employees because they stop working or move to other jobs; the number of students who do not finish a particular course of study （雇员的）减员；（学生的）流失人数◆Half of the posts will be lost through natural wastage. 有一半的职位通过自然减员将会丧失。🔊🔊◆student wastage rates学生流失率