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attrit

destroy an enemy with large amounts of troops or firepower; reduce something in size or strength; to wear down by attrition
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at·trit

 (ə-trĭt′)
tr.v. at·trit·ted, at·trit·ting, at·trits or at·trit·ed or at·trit·ing
To weaken or reduce in number by stress or military action: "attriting enemy forces faster than they could be replaced" (Lewis Sorley ).

[Back-formation from attrition.]
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attrit

(əˈtrɪt)
vb (tr) , -trits, -tritting or -tritted
1. to wear down or dispose of gradually
2. to kill
Also : attrite
[C18: back formation from attrition]
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attrit


Past participle: attritted
Gerund: attritting

Imperative
attrit
attrit
Present
I attrit
you attrit
he/she/it attrits
we attrit
you attrit
they attrit
Preterite
I attritted
you attritted
he/she/it attritted
we attritted
you attritted
they attritted
Present Continuous
I am attritting
you are attritting
he/she/it is attritting
we are attritting
you are attritting
they are attritting
Present Perfect
I have attritted
you have attritted
he/she/it has attritted
we have attritted
you have attritted
they have attritted
Past Continuous
I was attritting
you were attritting
he/she/it was attritting
we were attritting
you were attritting
they were attritting
Past Perfect
I had attritted
you had attritted
he/she/it had attritted
we had attritted
you had attritted
they had attritted
Future
I will attrit
you will attrit
he/she/it will attrit
we will attrit
you will attrit
they will attrit
Future Perfect
I will have attritted
you will have attritted
he/she/it will have attritted
we will have attritted
you will have attritted
they will have attritted
Future Continuous
I will be attritting
you will be attritting
he/she/it will be attritting
we will be attritting
you will be attritting
they will be attritting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been attritting
you have been attritting
he/she/it has been attritting
we have been attritting
you have been attritting
they have been attritting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been attritting
you will have been attritting
he/she/it will have been attritting
we will have been attritting
you will have been attritting
they will have been attritting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been attritting
you had been attritting
he/she/it had been attritting
we had been attritting
you had been attritting
they had been attritting
Conditional
I would attrit
you would attrit
he/she/it would attrit
we would attrit
you would attrit
they would attrit
Past Conditional
I would have attritted
you would have attritted
he/she/it would have attritted
we would have attritted
you would have attritted
they would have attritted
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Translations

attrit

[əˈtrɪt] VT attrite [əˈtraɪt] VTdesgastar, agotar
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In the BGLW test, the value of y at the initial wave of the survey, which we denote by [y.sub.0], is regressed on x and on future A (namely, whether the individual later attrites).
where the outcome variable, [A.sub.it], equals 1 if the individual attrites at time t, conditional on still being a respondent at t - 1.
It relates closely to the issue of whether transitory events affect later attrition, although we cannot be sure of that interpretation because we cannot, by definition, determine whether recent events will persist in the future or not if the individual attrites (and hence whether the events will, in retrospect, be seen to be permanent or transitory shocks).
For our models we pool all observations on individuals 25-64 in original 1968 sample families for all years 1970-89 for which they are observed.(51) We estimate logits for whether the individual attrites in the next period as a function of the four summary measures discussed above defined as of the current period.
where [Y.sub.ct] is an outcome variable of interest for child c at time t; [X.sub.ct] is a vector of the child's observed characteristics at time t (when the child is an adult), [X.sub.p[Tau]] is a vector of parental characteristics at some prior time [Tau] [less than] t, and [[Epsilon].sub.t] is a vector of unobservables.(4) [A.sub.t] is an indicator variable equal to 1 if the child attrites by time t and zero if not, and [Mathematical Expression Omitted] is its latent index.(5) [Z.sub.t] is a vector of observable characteristics (including [X.sub.ct] and [X.sub.p[Tau]]) that are not necessarily independent of [[Epsilon].sub.t].(6)
Second, selection on a right-hand-side variable in (1) does not lead to attrition bias.(18) For example, if [X.sub.p1] is in [Z.sub.t] (namely, a parental characteristic affects both the child's outcome and the likelihood that the child attrites), then this selection by itself causes no bias; bias only occurs if [Y.sub.ct] differs for attritors and non-attritors, holding [X.sub.p1] fixed.
When we say the "child" has attrited, we include the case where the entire parental family attrites before the child has left the household.
A worker is assigned an outcome value of one if he remains in the PSID in a given year and assigned a zero in the year he attrites. A worker could then contribute at most 22 years of data and had to contribute at least one year of data.
They emphasized that ignoring the relation between the decision to attrite and latent heterogeneity could lead to inconsistent estimates of the earnings equation in general and of the treatment effect in particular.
If the decision to attrite comes from unobserved preferences to work (earn income) then labor supply parameters and subsequent deadweight loss calculations are inconsistently estimated if attrition is not included in the structure of the econometric model.