dumping

noun

dump·​ing ˈdəm-piŋ 

1

: the act of one that dumps

especially : the selling of goods in quantity at below market price

2

: the practice of refusing emergency medical care to poor or uninsured patients or of referring them to another hospital without that hospital's consent

called also patient dumping

Synonyms

• discarding
• disposal
• disposition
• jettison
• junking
• removal
• riddance
• scrapping
• throwing away

Examples of dumping in a Sentence

laws that prohibit the dumping of toxic materials

the dumping of last year's fashions by the garment manufacturers

Recent Examples on the Web

One place where Trump’s pledge of 60% tariffs on imports from China may be fully realized is Chinese steel dumping. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024

But in 1972, the Clean Water Act banned the dumping of waste and sewage into the harbour. —Harriet Marsden, theweek, 24 Nov. 2024

This should prevent dumping by the Chinese, given that there is a massive capacity glut in China, with the country’s solar panel production capacity estimated to stand at more than 2x global solar demand in 2023. —Trefis Team, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024

China’s sudden dumping of US debt would cause bond prices to fall, slashing the value of its own holdings and cutting into the value of foreign-exchange reserves. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune Asia, 29 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing dumping

• dumping ground
• patient dumping