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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.