wastage

(wāstij)

noun

  1. loss by use, decay, deterioration, etc.
  2. anything wasted, or the amount of this; waste
  3. Geol.
    1. the processes by which snow and ice masses are reduced by melting, evaporation, etc.
    2. the amount of material lost through these processes

See wastage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Loss by deterioration, wear, or destruction: “Disease and desertion still caused much greater wastage than battle” (Theodore Ropp).
  2. The gradual process of wasting.
  3. An amount that is wasted or lost by wear.

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