wastage
n[U]
(a) amount that is wasted 損耗量
You must allow for five per cent wastage in transit. 在運(yùn)輸中要允許有百分之五的損耗量.
(b) loss caused by waste 損耗; 耗損
The retailer has to absorb the cost of wastage. 零售商須承受耗損的費(fèi)用.
natural wastage, ie loss of employees because they retire or move to other jobs and not through redundancy 自然減員(因雇員退休或離職造成的, 并非人為裁減).