Leakage

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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

II. Leakage ·add. ·noun A leak; also; the quantity of electricity thus wasted.

III. Leakage ·noun An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.

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