Word Study
leakage
CIDE DICTIONARY
leakage, n. [Cf. D. lekkage, for sense 1.].
- A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking. [1913 Webster]
- An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking. [1913 Webster]
- A leak{3}; also; the quantity of electricity thus wasted. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
leakage, n.
1 the action or result of leaking.
2 what leaks in or out.
3 an intentional disclosure of secret information.
1 the action or result of leaking.
2 what leaks in or out.
3 an intentional disclosure of secret information.
THESAURUS
leakage
ablation, access, admission, break, breakout, consumption, decrease, decrement, deliverance, delivery, depletion, depreciation, dissipation, distillation, drain, dribble, drip, dripping, drippings, drop, emergence, entrance, entree, entry, erosion, escape, escapism, evaporation, evasion, exhaustion, expenditure, extrication, flight, freeing, getaway, import, importation, importing, impoverishment, income, incoming, infiltration, ingoing, ingress, ingression, input, insertion, insinuation, intake, interpenetration, introduction, introgression, intrusion, issuance, issue, jailbreak, leak, leaking, liberation, outlet, penetration, percolation, prisonbreak, reception, release, rescue, riddance, seepage, setting-free, shrinkage, trickle, using, using up, vent, wastage, waste, wearing, wearing awayROGET THESAURUS
leakage
Waste
N waste, consumption, expenditure, exhaustion, dispersion, ebb, leakage, loss, wear and tear, waste, prodigality, misuse, wasting, rubbish, mountain in labor, wasted, at a low ebb, wasteful, penny wise and pound foolish, magno conatu magnas nugas, le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle, idly busy rolls their world away.Egress
N egress, exit, issue, emersion, emergence, outbreak, outburst, eruption, proruption, emanation, egression, evacuation, exudation, transudation, extravasation, perspiration, sweating, leakage, percolation, distillation, oozing, gush, outpour, outpouring, effluence, effusion, effluxion, drain, dribbling, defluxion, drainage, outcome, output, discharge, export, expatriation, emigration, remigration, debouch, debouche, emunctory, exodus, emigrant, outlet, vent, spout, tap, sluice, floodgate, pore, vomitory, outgate, sally port, way out, mouth, door, path, conduit, airpipe, effused, outgoing.For further exploring for "leakage" in Webster Dictionary Online