LEAKAGE

escape, leak, leakage, outflow

(noun) the discharge of a fluid from some container; “they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe”; “he had to clean up the leak”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

leakage (countable and uncountable, plural leakages)

an act of leaking, or something that leaks

the amount lost due to a leak

an undesirable flow of electric current through insulation

loss of retail stock, especially due to theft

(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

Source: Wiktionary


Leak"age (, n. Etym: [Cf. D. lekkage, for sense 1.]

1. A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.

2. (Com.)

Definition: An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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