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hävikki — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • attrition noun A gradual wearing down or reduction, especially of staff or resources over time rather than through direct cuts.
  • loss noun The state of no longer having something you once had.
  • shrinkage noun The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
  • spoilage noun The part of something that has spoiled.

Senses

hävikki is used for these senses in English:

  • attrition A gradual reduction in number.
  • loss (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
  • shrinkage The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence: the shrinking of inventory.
  • spoilage The part of something that has spoiled.

attrition — full definition

  1. noun A gradual wearing down or reduction, especially of staff or resources over time rather than through direct cuts.
  2. noun The physical wearing away of a surface by friction or grinding.

loss — full definition

  1. noun The state of no longer having something you once had.
  2. noun Defeat in a game, contest, or war.
  3. noun The grief felt after someone close to you dies.
  4. noun An amount of money spent or given up without a matching gain.

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