leakage

IPA: ɫˈikʌdʒ

An act of leaking, or something that leaks.
The amount lost due to a leak.
An undesirable flow of electric current through insulation.
Loss of retail stock, especially due to theft.
(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
(economics) The loss of revenue generated by tourism to the economies of other countries.

Examples of "leakage" in Sentences

Another leakage from the corporate world into government.
"We've got what we call a leakage," Surprise Councilman Skip Hall said.
"Certainly, with Columbine, there was plenty of what we call leakage," Williams said.
Thought leakage is pretty interesting though, and one version of it is singing a song.
Mohandie says at least two-thirds of these incidents involve what he calls a leakage of fantasy life.
Its study concluded that there was no difference in leakage rates across all absorbencies of both brands.
Many of our readers have said this talent leakage is not such a big deal, as it allows people a chance of upward mobility.
I mean, clearly, there was a lot of what we refer to as leakage, the evidence that there's an underlying violent fantasy life that is likely an antidote for his feelings of inadequacy.
Despite selective leakage from the government, it has never been fully explained how both the real Mohamud and a supposed "impostor" were allegedly able to frequent the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi during the long homeward struggle -- with no one noticing the difference.