wastage

n [U] (a) amount that is wasted 损耗量: 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. (b) loss caused by waste 损耗; 耗损: The retailer has to absorb the cost of wastage. 零售商须承受耗损的费用. * natural wastage, ie loss of employees because they retire or move to other jobs and not through redundancy 自然减员（因雇员退休或离职造成的, 并非人为裁减）.

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