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dump

 (dŭmp)
v. dumped, dump·ing, dumps
v.tr.
1. To release or throw down in a large mass.
2.
a. To empty (material) out of a container or vehicle: dumped the load of stones.
b. To empty out (a container or vehicle), as by overturning or tilting.
3.
a. To get rid of; discard: a fine for dumping trash on public land; dumped the extra gear overboard.
b. Informal To discard or reject unceremoniously: dump an old friend.
4. To place (goods or stock, for example) on the market in large quantities and at a low price.
5. Computers To transfer (data stored internally in a computer) from one place to another, as from a memory to a printout, without processing.
6. Slang To knock down; beat.
v.intr.
1. To fall or drop abruptly.
2. To discharge cargo or contents; unload.
3. Slang To criticize another severely: was always dumping on me.
n.
1. A place where refuse is dumped: a garbage dump; a nuclear waste dump.
2. A storage place for goods or supplies; a depot: an ammunition dump.
3. An unordered accumulation; a pile.
4. Computers An instance or the result of dumping stored data.
5. Slang A poorly maintained or disreputable place.
6. Vulgar Slang An act of defecating. Often used with take.

[Middle English dumpen, dompen, to fall suddenly, drop, of Scandinavian origin.]

dump′er n.
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dumping

(ˈdʌmpɪŋ)
n
1. the disposal (of waste) in the sea or on land
2. (Economics) economics the offering for sale of large quantities (of goods) on foreign markets at low prices in order to maintain a high price in the home market and obtain a share of the foreign markets
3. (Stock Exchange) the hasty selling (of stocks and shares) in the belief that prices will fall or continue falling
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dumping

Selling goods in foreign markets at artificially low prices.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.dumping - selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market
marketing, merchandising, selling - the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
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dumping

noun
The act of getting rid of something useless or used up:
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Translations

dumping

[ˈdʌmpɪŋ]
A. N
1. [of rubbish, waste] → vertido m
"no dumping"prohibido verter basuras
2. (Comm) → dúmping m
B. CPD dumping ground Nvertedero m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dumping

[ˈdʌmpɪŋ] n
(ECONOMICS) [goods] → dumping m
[rubbish] "no dumping" → "décharge interdite"dumping ground ndépotoir m
to be a dumping ground for sth → être un dépotoir de qch
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dumping

n
(of load, rubbish)Abladen nt; “no dumping (Brit) → „Schuttabladen verboten!“
(Comm) → Dumping nt

dumping

:
dumping ground
nMüllkippe f, → Schuttabladeplatz m; (fig)Abladeplatz m
dumping price
n (Comm) → Dumpingpreis m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dumping

[ˈdʌmpɪŋ] n
a. (of rubbish) → scarico
"no dumping" (of waste, rubbish) → "vietato lo scarico"
b. (Econ) → dumping m inv
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References in classic literature ?
It impelled the visitor to questions and then the residents would explain, quietly, that all this was "made" land, and that it had been "made" by using it as a dumping ground for the city garbage.
I worked at top speed, filling the iron wheelbarrow with coal, running it on the scales and weighing the load, then trundling it into the fire-room and dumping it on the plates before the fires.
That figure represents more than double the combined amount that 12 other nuclear nations have reported dumping over the last 45 years.
Dumping of this sort reflects, more than anything, White House contempt for the agency it dumps on--a contempt that has one of two sources.
Hence, a "dumping" incident in Florida could threaten a hospital's state license as wen as its Medicare provider agreement.
Owners of the hospitals were warned against the environmental hazards of hospital waste and asked them to install incinerators instead of open dumping. It was decided in a meeting, held here with Chief Executive Officer Syed Zafar Ali Shah in the chair, to fine the hospitals if dumping its waste in WSSP containers.
The residents of the nearby areas have complained that the river has become a breeding site for flies and mosquitoes after dumping of garbage.
'My advice to landowners is to check if their land is illegally used as a dumping ground for solid waste,' he said during a media conference at the SWCorp office at Menara MSC Cyberport here today.
It's not the first time that the t t t h f dh b d remote stretch of road has been used as a dumping ground.
Rosario declined to say where the town government has been dumping its garbage since June 17.
Cantonment board hasn't its own dumping points due to which garbage remains being throwing on roadsides, which stinks and displease citizens.
On May 31 this year, the MOF investigated dumping of China-made towels to evaluate launching another round anti-dumping taxes.