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1 wastage
[-ti‹]noun (loss by wasting; the amount wasted: Of the total amount, roughly 20% was wastage.) izguba* * *[wéistidž]nountratenje, trošenje, razsipavanje, zapravljanje; izguba; obraba; odpad; figuratively prazen tekwastage of energy — trošenje, potrata energije -
2 waste
[weist] 1. verb(to fail to use (something) fully or in the correct or most useful way: You're wasting my time with all these stupid questions.) zapravljati2. noun1) (material which is or has been made useless: industrial waste from the factories; ( also adjective) waste material.) odpadki; odpaden2) ((the) act of wasting: That was a waste of an opportunity.) zapravljanje3) (a huge stretch of unused or infertile land, or of water, desert, ice etc: the Arctic wastes.) pustinja•- wastage- wasteful
- wastefully
- wastefulness
- waste paper
- wastepaper basket
- waste pipe
- waste away* * *I [wéist]1.nounrazsipavanje, tratenje, trošenje, zapravljanje (denarja, časa, moči); izguba, odpad; zmanjšanje; propadanje, propast; obsolete opustošenje, razdejanje; juridically škoda, zmanjšanje vrednosti (posesti, zemljišča) zaradi nemarnosti; odpadki (volne, svile ipd.); makulatura; odplake, pomije; pustinja, neobdelan svet, zapuščeno polje; geology mel, melišče; velika površina ( of waters vodá)to go ( —ali to run) to waste — tratiti se, razsipavati se; v prelogu ležati; podivjati; odtekatiwilful waste makes woeful want — kdor lahkomiselno denar zapravlja, se od premoženja že poslavlja;2.adjectivepust, neobdelan, neploden; nenaseljen, opustošen; odvečen, brezkoristen, neuporaben, izgubljen, odtočenwaste land — pustina, pustota, neobdelana zemljawaste materials — odpadni material, odpad(ki)waste paper — makulaturni papir, odpadki papirjato lie waste — biti (ležati) neobdelan, neizkoriščenII [wéist]1.transitive verbrazsipavati, zapravljati (denar, moč), tratiti (čas) zaman; trošiti, ne izkoristiti (prilike); slabiti, poslabšati; pustiti, da (kaj) propade; zapustiti (posestvo, zemljo itd.) zaradi nemarnosti; American zamuditi ( an opportunity priliko); (o)pustošiti, razoratito be wasted — biti brezkoristen, neuporaben; ostati brez učinka (on na)this is wasted on me — iz tega si nič ne storim, tega mi ni mar;2.intransitive verbslabeti, upadati, propadati, pojemati, izgubiti na teži (s treningom); trošiti se, razsipavati se, tratiti se, zapravljati se; biti zapravljiv, trošiti denar; izgubljati se, izginjati; giniti; obsolete minevati (čas)the day wastes obsolete dan se nagiblje h krajuto waste away — hirati; figuratively pojemati, upadatiwaste not, want not — varčuj, kadar imaš, da ne boš brez v potrebi
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wastage — wast‧age [ˈweɪstɪdʒ] noun [uncountable] 1. an amount of something that is lost or destroyed: • Penalties should be introduced for excessive wastage of materials. • Our courses are designed to maximise the learning process and minimise time and… … Financial and business terms
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wastage — ► NOUN 1) the action or process of wasting. 2) an amount wasted. 3) (also natural wastage) the reduction in the size of a workforce as a result of voluntary resignation or retirement rather than enforced redundancy … English terms dictionary
Wastage — Wast age, n. Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wastage — index consumption, decrement, spoilage, waste, wear and tear Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wastage — 1756, from WASTE (Cf. waste) (v.) + AGE (Cf. age) … Etymology dictionary
wastage — [wās′tij] n. 1. loss by use, decay, deterioration, etc. 2. anything wasted, or the amount of this; waste 3. Geol. a) the processes by which snow and ice masses are reduced by melting, evaporation, etc. b) the amount of material lost through these … English World dictionary
wastage — [[t]we͟ɪstɪʤ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Wastage of something is the act of wasting it or the amount of it that is wasted. ...a series of measures to prevent the wastage of water... There was a lot of wastage and many wrong decisions were hastily taken.… … English dictionary
wastage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ excessive, high ▪ natural (BrE) ▪ Natural wastage will cut staff numbers to the required level. ▪ muscle (BrE) ▪ … Collocations dictionary
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