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💧 Pumping process 💵 A pumping charge
pumpage

pumpage

1 7.5
The amount of liquid or gas moved by machines over time
  • noun
  • /ˈpʌmɪdʒ/
  • Specialized
: bombeo
  • There are two caveats that go with this figure: the first is that there is considerable controversy about the actual size of the reserves of most OPEC nations, as there was a suspiciously large jump in reserves of these nations following the 1986 agreement to allow pumpage in proportion to reserves.

Examples

  • Due to increased rainfall, the pumpage levels in the reservoir have significantly improved this month.

  • The pumpage of the irrigation system reached 400 gallons per minute during peak usage.

  • The report detailed the total pumpage for the year, indicating that 1.2 billion gallons were extracted for agricultural use.

How Much

flood
362 1.0
pumpage
  • Specialized
1 7.5
outflow
  • Specialized
13 4.6
flow
232 1.0
to trickle
81 3.4

Surface Forms

pumpage singular
pumpages plural

Morphology

pumpage = pump (transparent) = pump + age

Derived from 'pump' + '-age' to indicate the action/result or quantity associated with pumping, following a regular noun-formation pattern.

Etymology

Pumpage comes from the plain word pump ('to move liquid') plus the ending -age, which also makes nouns for an 'action' or 'amount', as in drainage. So pumpage can mean the act of pumping or the amount pumped over a period of time.