dumping

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of dump.

   The storm is dumping two feet of snow on the mountains tonight.

   Workers were dumping gravel from the back of the truck onto the new driveway.

   Note

   The -ing form follows be for an action in progress (the truck was dumping gravel) and names the act as a gerund (dumping him by text was cruel). It carries whichever meaning of the verb the sentence needs, from tipping a load to a storm unloading snow. Two uses harden into nouns of their own: the disposal of waste and selling below cost.

2. 2
   noununcountable

   The disposal of things that are no longer needed or that have no value.

   The town installed cameras to stop the dumping of old mattresses behind the mall.

   Environmental groups have campaigned for years against the dumping of chemical waste at sea.

   Similardisposal

3. 3
   noununcountable

   The selling of goods below their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in export markets as a way to gain a monopoly.

   Trade officials accused the exporter of dumping, saying its solar panels sold abroad for less than they cost to make.

   The investigation found clear evidence of dumping in the tire market.

   Note

   Trade law measures it against the price the same goods fetch in the exporter's home market: selling abroad below that normal value counts as dumping even when no loss is made. The usual answer from an importing country is an anti-dumping duty, an extra import tax set to close the gap, and much of the word's use comes in that compound.

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