slippage
n.— «Then there’s what the industry calls “slippage”—the percentage of people who get a check and forget to cash it.» —“Rebates can be slippery bait” News Journal (Del.) Feb. 14, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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