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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1857 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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dump Dump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Dumping.] [OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel. dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw. dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. Dump sadness.] 1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand, coal, etc. [U.S.] --Bartlett. Dumping car or cart, a railway car, or a cart, the body of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called also dump car, or dump cart.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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