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leakage

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leakage

In economics, money that leaves the circular flow of income. The three main leakages are usually said to be savings, taxes, and imports.



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Hereby the casks are sought to be kept damply tight; while by the changed character of the withdrawn water, the mariners readily detect any serious leakage in the precious cargo.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Leakage follows in the form of public works which are neither urgent nor necessary; troops re-uniformed and gold-laced over and over again; vessels sent on useless cruises; preparations for war without ever making it; paying the debts of a State, and not requiring reimbursement or insisting on security.
Bureaucracy by de Balzac, Honore View in context
It was a desirable bungalow, eight-roomed, and heavily thatched against any chance of leakage from rain.
From Mine Own People by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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