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Webster 1913 Edition


Leakage

Leak′age

,
Noun.
[Cf. D.
lekkage
, for sense 1.]
1.
A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
2.
(Com.)
An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.

Webster 1828 Edition


Leakage

LE'AKAGE

, n.
1.
A leaking; or the quantity of a liquor that enters or issues by leaking.
2.
An allowance, in commerce, of a certain rate per cent, for the leaking of casks, or the waste of liquors by leaking.

Definition 2024


leakage

leakage

English

Noun

leakage (countable and uncountable, plural leakages)

  1. an act of leaking, or something that leaks
  2. the amount lost due to a leak
  3. an undesirable flow of electric current through insulation
  4. loss of retail stock, especially due to theft
  5. (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.

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