Dictionary of Business Terms: erosion
erosion
gradual wearing away of land through processes of nature, as by streams and wind. The term is also used to indicate a gradual decline in such general business phrases as sales erosion and marketshare erosion.
Dictionary of Real Estate Terms: erosion
erosion
the gradual wearing away of land through processes of nature, as by streams and winds.
Examples:
- Deep gullies cut into unvegetated earth, caused by rainwater erosion
- The Grand Canyon formed by erosion from the Colorado River
- The Sphinx in Egypt, disfigured by wind erosion

