Possible Clues:

• Without a dedicated person, remuneration would be unprofitable investment
• Action or process of losing or destroying something by using it extravagantly
• This nearly all gets away, somehow
• Gate was broken, leading to loss of stock
• Gate was deteriorating, natural decay
• Loss (if natural, without dismissals)
• Upset at wages, the cause of some loss
• Loss through decay
• People retiring? That can be seen as natural
• Wages dissipated all round, thanks to profligacy