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What is the noun for spoilage?

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spoils
  1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
  2. Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “After the successful robbery, the thieves divided the spoils among themselves.”
      “After years of hard work and dedication, the team finally celebrated their spoils with a grand victory parade.”
spoil
  1. (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
  2. (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Perhaps the most significant indication of the shifting economy of Latium, however, was the advent of land being acquired as a spoil of war.”
spoilage
  1. The part of something that has spoiled.
  2. The process of spoiling.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The spoilage of the fruits was evident, with their unpleasant odor and slimy texture.”
      “After a power outage, the supermarket had to discard all their perishable food due to spoilage.”
      “Diets for gilts and the breeding herd should contain the better quality feed grains, free from spoilage, molds, and mycotoxins.”
spoilsman
  1. (US) A politician who serves only for a share of the spoils.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In paying homage to his political spoilsman and teacher, he had only narrowly been spared a potentially disastrous appointment.”
      “He is remembered as the political spoilsman who surprised his country with an honest administration.”
      “Many a one, who aspires to direct the destinies of the State, achieves only the station of a political subordinate or spoilsman.”
spoilability
  1. The quality of being spoilable.
spoiling
spoilee
  1. A person or thing that is spoiled.
spoiledness
  1. The quality of being spoiled.
spoilsmen
  1. plural of spoilsman
  2. Examples:
    1. “The image reinforces the notion of them as twin spoilsmen, nourishing themselves on government largesse.”
      “I have made the Commission a living force, and in consequence the outcry among the spoilsmen has become furious.”
      “Democracy must be salvaged from the hands of spoilsmen and politicians.”
spoilings
spoilages
spoilees
  1. plural of spoilee
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