wastages
Gradual depletion quantities
Wastages is the plural of wastage, referring to multiple instances or types of loss through waste.
Where wastage is the amount lost through use, decay, or inefficiency, wastages emphasizes distinct categories: The report detailed wastages in energy, materials, and labor.
The term appears most often in technical or administrative contexts discussing resource management.
Things subtracted from standing
- inefficienciesFailures to optimize
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
- leakagesGradual fluid escapes
- spillagesUnintended liquid escapes
spoilage · shrinkage · depletion · drainages · seepages · runoff · overflows · excesses
Discarded bit or tussle
- offcutsWaste from cutting materials
- slagIndustrial metalworking byproduct
- tailingsPost-extraction mineral waste
- effluentsDischarged liquid waste
emissions · discharges · rejects · defectives · spoilage · breakage · shrinkage · trimmings
Amounts required to pay
- expendituresMoney paid out
- overheadsIndirect business expenses
- inefficienciesFailures to optimize
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
depreciation · write-offs · shortfalls · deficits · drains · bleeds · hemorrhages · outflows
Wasting from disuse
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
- weakeningBecoming less strong
shrinkage · withering · decline · cachexia · thinning · diminishment · consumption · debilitation
losses
Things subtracted from standing
- inefficienciesFailures to optimize
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
- leakagesGradual fluid escapes
spillages · spoilage · shrinkage · depletion · drainages · seepages · runoff · overflows · excesses · surpluses
scrap
Discarded bit or tussle
- offcutsWaste from cutting materials
- slagIndustrial metalworking byproduct
- tailingsPost-extraction mineral waste
effluents · emissions · discharges · rejects · defectives · spoilage · breakage · shrinkage · trimmings · shavings
costs
Amounts required to pay
- expendituresMoney paid out
- overheadsIndirect business expenses
- inefficienciesFailures to optimize
losses · depreciation · write-offs · shortfalls · deficits · drains · bleeds · hemorrhages · outflows · dissipations
atrophy
Wasting from disuse
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
- degenerationProgressive loss of function
weakening · shrinkage · withering · decline · cachexia · thinning · diminishment · consumption · debilitation · frailty
wastagessavings
Accumulated money kept
conservation · preservation · stockpiling · hoarding · retention
wastagesefficiencies
Productive use of resources
economies · optimization · utilization · conservation · thrift