different between lumping vs dumping

English

Verb

lumping

1. present participle of lump

Adjective

lumping (comparative more lumping, superlative most lumping)

1. bulky; heavy

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Arbuthnot to this entry?)

   a lumping great thing

Noun

lumping (plural lumpings)

1. The act or result of lumping things together.
   • 1972, Wendell H. Oswalt, Other Peoples, Other Customs: World Ethnography and Its History

     The systems called descriptive have fewer such lumpings; the terminology which prevails in the United States today serves as an example.

Anagrams

• pluming

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?mp??/

Verb

dumping

1. present participle of dump

Noun

dumping (countable and uncountable, plural dumpings)

1. The disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value.
2. Selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.

Derived terms

Related terms

• dumpee

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English dumping.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m.p??/
• Hyphenation: dum?ping

Noun

dumping f (plural dumpingen)

1. Selling goods or services below the normal price, or even at a loss, especially when supply structurally exceeds demand or to secure market dominance.
2. The disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value.

Derived terms

• dumpingpraktijk
• dumpingprijs
• dumpingsyndroom

Related terms

• dumpen

Finnish

Noun

dumping

1. dumping (selling goods at less than their normal price)

Declension

Synonyms

• dumppaaminen, dumppaus

Portuguese

Etymology

From English dumping.

Noun

dumping m (plural dumpings)

1. (economics) dumping (the sale of goods at less than their normal price)

Romanian

Etymology

From English dumping

Noun

dumping n (plural dumpinguri)

1. dumping

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From English dumping.

Noun

dumping m (plural dumpings)

1. dumping (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

• antidumping

Further reading

• “dumping” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.