Wastage
noun
1.
loss by use, wear, decay, etc.
2.
loss or losses as the result of wastefulness:
The annual wastage of time due to illness is appalling.
3.
the action or process of wasting:
the steady wastage of erosion.
4.
something that is wasted; waste or waste materials:
The river was befouled by factory wastage.
noun
1.
anything lost by wear or waste
2.
the process of wasting
3.
reduction in size of a workforce by retirement, voluntary resignation, etc (esp in the phrase natural wastage)
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