natural wastage
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Decrease of workforce caused by non-replacement of retiring or voluntarily resigning employees and not by deliberate layoffs.
British usage; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Of the total labour force now threatened with redundancy, of course, a proportion will be covered by natural wastage, so that the number eventually thrown out of railway work will be well below 19,000."
- "From just over 476,500 employees in 1962, by 1973 the total was just over 250,000. Much of this was achieved via 'natural wastage' - controlling recruitment closely and not replacing staff as they retired."
Usage
- British usage
- Uncountable