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wast⋅age

  [wey-stij]
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–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.
Origin:
1750–60; waste + -age
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wast·age   (wā'stĭj)   
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.

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