wastage

n.

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.

A loss of product or productivity; in terms of animal production includes losses due to deaths of animals, lowered production from survivors, including reproduction, and lost opportunity income.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the process of wasting

Meaning #2: anything lost by wear or waste

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - spild, svind, personaleafgang

Nederlands (Dutch)
slijtage, afval

Français (French)
n. - gaspillage, déperdition, (Sociol, Écon) élimination naturelle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verschwendung, Schwund, Fluktuation (Arbeitskräfte)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φύρα, απώλεια

Italiano (Italian)
spreco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - perda (f)

Русский (Russian)
убыток, усушка, изнашивание, обесценение

Español (Spanish)
n. - desgaste, desperdicio, pérdida, derroche, merma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slösande, minskning, svinn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
消耗量, 废物, 损耗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 消耗量, 廢物, 損耗

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소모, 소모량, 폐품

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 消耗, 浪費, 廃品

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فقد, خسارة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפסד, בזבוז, אובדן‬

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