wastage

名词 wastage:

1. the process of wasting
2. anything lost by wear or waste

1. The company is hoping to avoid redundancy and reduce its staff by natural wastage.
   公司不希望裁减职工而希望通过正常的减员来减少其职工。
2. The retailer has to absorb the cost of wastage.
   零售商须承受耗损的费用。
3. You must allow for five per cent wastage in transit.
   在运输中要允许有百分之五的损耗量。

wast.age

n.（名词）
Loss by deterioration, wear, or destruction:
损耗：由于腐败、磨损或破坏导致的消耗：
例句：
.Disease and desertion still caused much greater wastage than battle.(Theodore Ropp)
.疾病和荒芜仍旧导致了比战争多得多的浪费.(西奥多·罗普)

The gradual process of wasting.
耗费：浪费的渐进过程
An amount that is wasted or lost by wear.
损耗：由于磨损而浪费或损失的量