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Dumping may refer to:
In economics
- Dumping (pricing policy), in international trade, the pricing of a product below its cost of production
- Social dumping, using transitory labour to save costs
- SUTA dumping, the avoidance of paying unemployment insurance taxes
- The practice by Health Management Organizations (HMOs) cutting loose less-healthy patients
In waste management
- Environmental dumping, the shipping of waste to a country with lax environmental laws
- Ocean dumping, the deliberate disposal of waste at sea
In aircraft tecnhnology
- Fuel dumping,used to lighten the aircraft's weight in certain emergency situations
In mathematics
- Equivalent dumping coefficient, used in the calculation of the energy dispersed when a building moves
In medicine
- Gastric dumping syndrome, when intestines fill too quickly with undigested food from the stomach
- Homeless dumping, medical workers releasing homeless patients on the streets
- Patient dumping, the refusal to treat people because of inability to pay or insufficient insurance
In music
Dumpin' , a 1999 album by hip-hop group "Psychopathic Rydas"
Other uses:
- a pejorative term for defecation
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