看到文献中多次出现attrite（原意磨损的）

……where m it is a dummy variable for whether household i either moved residences or attrited from the survey in period t……

……I also examine the impact of | Δ i | on the propensity to move or attrite in the prereform periods over a sample of households in state-owned housing.……

不知道房地产经济学中这个词有特殊含义么？