Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or process of flowing out: watched the outflow of the tide.
- n. Something that flows out: an outflow of water from a power plant.
- n. The amount flowing out: a heavy outflow of cash from the country.
- v. To issue or stream out, in or as if in a flow: Too much money is outflowing from our household.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A flowing out or forth; efflux; issue.
- To flow out.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A flowing out; efflux.
- v. To flow out.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a natural flow of ground water
- n. the discharge of a fluid from some container
- n. the process of flowing out
Examples
“And now we have some what we call outflow boundaries, some air that was thrown out of thunderstorms, pushed to the ground and then we made a big gust of wind.”
“Then privatization has no effect on the solvency of the Trust Fund; it reduces inflow to the Trust Fund to the same degree it reduces outflow from the Trust Fund.”
Social Security Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Jeffrey A. Miron and Kevin M. Murphy write, privatization has no effect on the solvency of the Trust Fund; it reduces inflow to the Trust Fund to the same degree it reduces outflow from the Trust Fund.”
Social Security Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“I think you misrepresent their statement when you quote them as saying privatization has no effect on the solvency of the Trust Fund; it reduces inflow to the Trust Fund to the same degree it reduces outflow from the Trust Fund.”
Social Security Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“I disagree with both of the comments - privatization has no effect on the solvency of the Trust Fund; it reduces inflow to the Trust Fund to the same degree it reduces outflow from the Trust Fund”
Social Security Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“* Thebest-case scenario: Containment chambers are put in place and they catch the outflow from the three ruptures that are currently pouring 200,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf every day.”
“Yet would my soul within outflow in foods of brine:”
“Likewise, has it occurred to you that the aggregate outflow is almost certainly not known by any single person either?”
“The mass outflow is simply a 'safety valve' for the maintenance of the status quo.”
“Besides the case of the Lerma, Guzmán emphasizes that the outflow from the numerous water treatment plants around the lake no longer flows as far as the lake, but is seeping into the ground on the recently-exposed lakebed.”
Lake Chapala: 2001 follow-up to saving Mexico's largest lake
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘outflow’.
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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Some new Wordie words this week
Don't tell them they are not real--they might cry.
glover, breakfront, submaximal, criticality, lanoline, mouthy, botheration, metaphorically, metaphase, disavowal, arum, ostentatiously and 162 more...
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Outta Here
outfox, outrage, outlandish, outdo, outrigger, outrun, outstretch, outbid, outcry, outtake, output, outrank and 49 more...
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influx / movement
infusion, intromission, introduction, influence, power, inflow, influx, accession, concourse, accumulation, outlay, emigration and 28 more...
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