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wast·age

(wā′stĭj)

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.

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wastage

(ˈweɪstɪdʒ)

1. anything lost by wear or waste

2. the process of wasting

3. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) reduction in size of a workforce by retirement, voluntary resignation, etc (esp in the phrase natural wastage)

Usage: Waste and wastage are to some extent interchangeable, but many people think that wastage should not be used to refer to loss resulting from human carelessness, inefficiency, etc: a waste (not a wastage) of time/money/effort etc

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wast•age

(ˈweɪ stɪdʒ)

n.

1. loss by use, wear, decay, etc.

2. loss or losses as the result of wastefulness.

3. the action or process of wasting.

4. something that is wasted; waste or waste materials.

[1750–60]

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Noun	1.	wastage - the process of wasting decrease, decrement - a process of becoming smaller or shorter
	2.	wastage - anything lost by wear or waste loss - something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"

Translations

خَسارَه، تَلَف

svind

Verlust

perte

eyîing, rÿrnun; òaî sem fer til spillis

scarto spreco

israf

损耗量浪费

wastage

[ˈweɪstɪdʒ] N (= loss) → desperdicio m; (= amount wasted) → pérdidas fpl; (from container) → merma f; (= wear and tear) → desgaste m
the country cannot afford this wastage of human resources → el país no puede permitirse este desperdicio de los recursos humanos
there is a very high wastage rate among students → existe un porcentaje muy elevado de estudiantes que no terminan sus estudios
the wastage rate among entrants to the profession → el porcentaje de los que abandonan la profesión poco tiempo después de ingresar en ella
see also natural C

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wastage

[ˈweɪstɪdʒ] n → gaspillage m
natural wastage → départs mpl naturels

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wastage

n → Schwund m; (= action) → Verschwendung f; (= amount also) → Materialverlust m; (from container also) → Verlust m; (unusable products etc also) → Abfall m; a wastage rate of 10% → eine Verlustquote von 10% ? natural wastage

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wastage

[ˈweɪstɪdʒ] n (gen) → spreco; (of time) (Comm) (through pilfering) → perdita; (in manufacturing) → scarti mpl; (amount wasted) → scarto
natural wastage → normale diminuzione f del personale

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

waste

(weist) verb

to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way. You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.

noun

1. material which is or has been made useless. industrial waste from the factories; (also adjective) waste material.

2. (the) act of wasting. That was a waste of an opportunity.

3. a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc. the Arctic wastes.

ˈwastage (-tidʒ) noun

loss by wasting; the amount wasted. Of the total amount, roughly 20% was wastage.

ˈwasteful adjective

involving or causing waste. Throwing away that bread is wasteful.

ˈwastefully adverb

ˈwastefulness noun

waste paper

paper which is thrown away as not being useful. Offices usually have a great deal of waste paper.

wastepaper basket (ˈweispeipə)

a basket or other (small) container for waste paper. Put those old letters in the wastepaper basket.

waste pipe (ˈweispaip)

a pipe to carry off waste material, or water from a sink etc. The kitchen waste pipe is blocked.

waste away

to decay; to lose weight, strength and health etc. He is wasting away because he has a terrible disease.

References in classic literature ?

The chief cause of the wastage of Napoleon's army was the rapidity of its movement, and a convincing proof of this is the corresponding decrease of the Russian army.

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He looked at the naked hills and realized the enormous wastage of wood that had taken place.

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All the wastage of meat, such as the frozen chips, belonged to the dog that found it.

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The wastage of ill- health seemed to idealise the general character of the features, bringing out the unsuspected nobility of some, the strength of others, and in one case re- vealing an essentially comic aspect.

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In the third study, which was designed for small hospitals only (200 beds or fewer), the combined FFP and PLT expiration rate was slightly lower (5.8%) and the combined FFP and PLT wastage rate was slightly greater (2.5%) than those rates determined in the first 2 studies.

Quality indicators of fresh frozen plasma and platelet utilization: three College of American Pathologists Q-Probes studies of 8 981 796 units of fresh frozen plasma and platelets in 1639 hospitals. (CAP Laboratory Improvement Programs)

With threatened shortages, desertification and the need to guarantee fair access for all to safe drinking water underlined worldwide on March 22, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE) took the opportunity to condemn wastage of this invaluable resource, vital to life in developing countries, but no less so in Europe.

WORLD WATER DAY

"There is a lot of wastage in auto recycling," notes Zonneveld, who had earlier been involved in a private urban recycling program in Winnipeg.

A Canadian scrap metal company sprouts a plastic recycling branch. (Company Profile)

Other NHS wastage includes high absenteeism - a public sector trait - and trusts employing NHS employees via agencies.

NHS waste; YOUR LETTERS

The exportable surplus of mango for the year 1991-92 after subtracting for consumption, wastage and industrial usage from the total production, was estimated at 531,168 tons.

Export potential of mango from Pakistan

The MOCCAE has also launched a new AI-enabled product 'Vision' that allows kitchens to automatically track food wastage by leveraging AI.

UAE spotlights AI's role in the fight against food waste

The ministry held an event in collaboration with food wastage technology Winnow to highlight the role of AI in tackling food waste.

Dubai urges hospitality groups to join the UAE food waste pledge

At the event was the launch of new-AI enabled product 'Vision' that allows kitchens to automatically track food wastage by leveraging AI.