leakage
/ˈliːkɪd͡ʒ/ noun
Forms leakages
- noun An act of leaking, or something that leaks. “water leakage”
- noun The amount lost due to a leak.
- noun An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation.
- noun Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft.
- noun (sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
- noun (economics) The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries.
Synonyms
Etymology
Cf. D. lekkage, for sense 1.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “leakage”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details