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attrition (noun)

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  • attrition — ► NOUN 1) gradual wearing down through sustained attack or pressure. 2) wearing away by friction. DERIVATIVES attritional adjective. ORIGIN Latin, from atterere to rub …   English terms dictionary

  • attrition — at‧tri‧tion [əˈtrɪʆn] noun [uncountable] 1. HUMAN RESOURCES the process of reducing the number of employees by not replacing those who leave for normal reasons, such as changing jobs, retirement (= leaving a job when you reach a certain age) etc …   Financial and business terms

  • attrition — noun Etymology: Latin attrition , attritio, from atterere to rub against, from ad + terere to rub more at throw Date: 14th century 1. [Middle English attricioun, from Medieval Latin attrition , attritio, from Latin] sorrow for one s sins that… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • attrition — noun 1) the battle would result in further attrition of their already lame naval force Syn: wearing down, wearing away, weakening, debilitation, enfeebling, sapping, attenuation; gradual loss 2) the skull shows attrition of the teeth Syn:… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • attrition — I noun decrease, disintegration, dwindling, erosion, fading, falling off, lessening, waning, wearing away II index erosion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • attrition — noun Attrition is used before these nouns: ↑rate …   Collocations dictionary

  • attrition — 1540s, abrasion, a scraping, from L. attritionem (nom. attritio), lit. a rubbing against, noun of action from pp. stem of atterere to wear, rub away, figuratively to destroy, waste, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + terere to rub (see THROW (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • attrition — noun (U) the process of gradually destroying your enemy or making them weak by attacking them continuously: a war of attrition …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • attrition rate — noun the rate of shrinkage in size or number • Syn: ↑rate of attrition • Hypernyms: ↑rate …   Useful english dictionary

  • attrition damage — noun A strategy of constant harassment, abuse, or attack or through the use of a blockade …   Wiktionary

  • attrition — noun a) wearing or grinding down by friction b) the gradual reduction in a tangible or intangible resource due to causes that are passive and do not involve productive use of the resource. Ant: accretion …   Wiktionary

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