leakage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the discharge of a fluid from some container
    leak; outflow; escape.
    • they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
    • he had to clean up the leak

WordNet

Leak"age noun
Etymology
Cf. D. lekkage, for sense 1.
Definitions
  1. A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
  2. (Com.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.

Webster 1913