Standard Lemma guide

dumping

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈdʌmpɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌmpɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: D AH1 M P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • NO DUMPING [sign posted to discourage lawless dumping of trash]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, economics, finance, sciences, trading

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: underselling, undercutting, undermining

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of dump

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: selling, merchandising, marketing

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: hävittäminen — the disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value
  • Finnish: pois heittäminen — the disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value
  • Portuguese: despejo — the disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value
  • Portuguese: despejamento — the disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value
  • Russian: сброс (sbros) — the disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value
  • Russian: сбра́сывание (sbrásyvanije) — the disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value
  • Russian: сва́ливание (sválivanije) — the disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value
  • Spanish: vertimiento — the disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value
  • Swedish: dumpning — the disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value
  • Tagalog: pagtatambak — the disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value
  • Bulgarian: дъмпинг (dǎmping) — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Catalan: dumping — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Catalan: venda a pèrdua — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Catalan: competència deslleal — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傾銷 /倾销 (qīngxiāo) — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Finnish: polkumyynti — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Finnish: dumppaaminen — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Finnish: dumppaus — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • French: dumping — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • French: vente à perte — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • German: Dumping — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • German: Warenverschleuderung — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Hungarian: dömping — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Indonesian: dumping — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Italian: dumping — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Japanese: 不当廉売 (futō renbai) — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Japanese: ダンピング (danpingu) — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Korean: 덤핑 (deomping) — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Polish: dumping — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Portuguese: dumping — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Romanian: dumping — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Romanian: vânzare sub valoarea mărfii — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Russian: де́мпинг (dɛ́mping) — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Russian: бро́совый э́кспорт (brósovyj éksport) — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Russian: де́мпинговая прода́жа (dɛ́mpingovoja prodáža) — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Spanish: dumping — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Spanish: dumpin — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Spanish: venta a pérdida — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Spanish: competencia desleal — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Swedish: dumpning — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Turkish: damping — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market
  • Ukrainian: де́мпінг (démpinh) — selling goods at less than their normal price, especially in the export market