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- Dictionaryleakage/ˈliːkɪdʒ/
noun
- 1. the accidental admission or escape of liquid or gas through a hole or crack: "we're saving water by reducing leakage"
- 2. deliberate disclosure of confidential information: "suspicion as to the source of the leakage had fallen on a variety of people"
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LEAKAGE definition: 1. the act of leaking or the leak itself: 2. making known secret information 3. the act of leaking…. Learn more.
noun. leak· age ˈlē-kij. 1. a. : the act or process or an instance of leaking. b. : loss of electricity especially due to faulty insulation. 2. : something or the amount that leaks. Examples of leakage in a Sentence.
the act of leaking or the leak itself: The leakage was traced to an oil pipe in the cellar. A lot of water is wasted through leakage. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Building: plumbing, pipes & sewage. ballcock. black water. bleed. catch basin. caulking. cesspool. hot-water tank. hydrant. influent. isolator. mixer tap. plumb. plunger.
1. the act or an instance of leaking. 2. something that escapes or enters by a leak. 3. (Commerce) commerce an allowance made for partial loss (of stock, etc) due to leaking. 4. (General Physics) physics. a. an undesired flow of electric current, neutrons, etc. b. ( as modifier ): leakage current.
A leakage is an amount of liquid or gas that is escaping from a pipe or container by means of a crack, hole, or other fault. A leakage of kerosene has polluted water supplies. American English : leakage / ˈlikɪdʒ /
an amount of liquid or gas escaping through a hole in something; an occasion when there is a leak a leakage of toxic waste into the sea Check bottles for leakage before use.
noun. an act of leaking; leak. something that leaks in or out. the amount that leaks in or out. Commerce. an allowance for loss by leaking.
Leakage is premium revenue that is lost, often because a policyholder has not been truthful about facts or lifestyle changes or has committed some fraud. More. Pronunciations of the word 'leakage' British English: liːkɪdʒ American English: likɪdʒ. More. Examples of 'leakage' in a sentence.
the problem of a liquid or gas coming out of something when it should not: Water companies have been told that they must reduce leakage. (Definition of leakage from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of leakage. in Chinese (Traditional) 液體或氣體, 洩漏, 滲漏… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 液体或气体, 泄漏, 渗漏…
the discharge of a fluid from some container.
