Lossage

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    loss, especially systematic or continuous countable, uncountable

    ""The superior quality of the 1918 crop will reduce the lossage by at least 5 per cent, which amount should be sufficient to offset any discrepancy between actual figures and our estimate given above.""

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""The superior quality of the 1918 crop will reduce the lossage by at least 5 per cent, which amount should be sufficient to offset any discrepancy between actual figures and our estimate given above.""

Etymology

From loss + -age.

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