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Definition of "outflow" []

  • The act or process of flowing out: watched the outflow of the tide. (noun)
  • Something that flows out: an outflow of water from a power plant. (noun)
  • The amount flowing out: a heavy outflow of cash from the country. (noun)
  • To issue or stream out, in or as if in a flow: Too much money is outflowing from our household. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "outflow" in a sentence
  • "And now we have some what we call outflow boundaries, some air that was thrown out of thunderstorms, pushed to the ground and then we made a big gust of wind."
  • "Then privatization has no effect on the solvency of the Trust Fund; it reduces inflow to the Trust Fund to the same degree it reduces outflow from the Trust Fund."
  • "Jeffrey A. Miron and Kevin M. Murphy write, privatization has no effect on the solvency of the Trust Fund; it reduces inflow to the Trust Fund to the same degree it reduces outflow from the Trust Fund."