outflow

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the movement or discharge of a liquid, gas, or other material out of a place

   The valve controls the outflow of water from the reservoir.

2. 2
   noun

   a movement of money, people, or resources away from a place or organization

   The sudden outflow of capital weakened the local currency.

From out + flow, continuing the Old English verb utflowan, 'to flow out.' The noun first denoted physical discharge and later broadened to outward movements of money, people, and other resources.

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