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dumping

dumping

37 5.6
Selling goods in another country for much less than in the home country
  • noun
  • /ˈdʌmpɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • Trading partners accused Beijing of protectionism and dumping (exporting products at below cost).
  • dumping laws
  • anti-dumping measures
  • dumping margin

What exactly is dumping, you might ask?

Examples

  • The reason: the former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic had been and still was the dumping ground of the Soviet Union.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Recycling is helping to save landfill space and, in turn, reducing the amount of ocean dumping and incineration.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The issue is whether the dumping was a significant contributing cause of the material injury.

    Academic text (1991)

  • There is no requirement that the dumping injure competition; material harm to an industry is sufficient.

    Academic text (1991)

  • If they are ruled not to have been dumped, the dumping duties are refunded with interest.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The Act prohibits unsafe dumping of waste into the environment.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The company was accused of dumping electronics in the foreign market at prices lower than those at home.

  • Regulators are investigating the dumping of imported goods that undercut local businesses.

  • Many countries impose tariffs to counteract the negative effects of dumping on domestic industries.

Antonyms

premium
74 4.3

Higher quality and more expensive than normal

Compounds

dumping ground
7 4.0

A place where people throw away unwanted things, often illegally

book dumping
7.5

Leaving unwanted books in public places instead of throwing them away properly

anti-dumping duty
  • Specialized
6.8

A tax on cheap imported goods to protect local businesses

granny dumping
  • Offensive
9.9

Leaving an elderly relative at a hospital or care home without arranging care

homeless dumping
  • US
8.2

Waste left by people with no home in public places like streets or parks

How Low

dumping
  • Specialized
37 5.6
to undercut
28 4.4
to discount
36 1.7

Surface Forms

dumping singular
dumpings plural

Morphology

dumping = dump (semi-transparent) = dump + ing

Formed from the verb 'dump' + '-ing'; the basic idea of 'selling/disposing cheaply' is present, but the specialised economic sense ('selling below domestic price in foreign market') may not be predictable for an average learner.

Etymology

Dumping comes from the common verb dump, which means 'to drop or unload', like throwing away rubbish or emptying a truck. So in trade, dumping is like 'unloading' many goods into another country at very low prices to win customers and hurt local sellers.