Attrition is a declining rate in the object being counted. Employee attrition occurs when employees retire or quit and no one is hired to full the position.
Water, by attrition.
Natural attrition (retirement, death and moves), departmental freeze on hiring.
Sea attrition occurs when waves causes loose pieces of rock debris to collide with each other. They grind and chip, breaking down and becoming smaller, smoother, round pieces of rock.
Annual attrition is the actual attrition rate for a year or a period of years. Annualized attrition would be an extrapolation based on the portion of a year (for example, take the actual attrition for 6 months and double it to arrive at an annualized attrition rate).
It was a war of attrition.
war of attrition
The opposite of natural attrition would be artificial or forced attrition, where employees are intentionally let go rather than leaving naturally.
Attrition damage is a strategy of harassment or abuse through the use of a blockade.
War of Attrition - album - was created on 2007-03-06.
Vietnam was to be fought by attrition not by gaining ground. The only way of attriting the enemy was to find him & destroy him. Thus the term Search & Destroy.
Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.
The cast of Attrition - 2006 includes: Gareth Crook as himself