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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

See also

• Dump
• Litter

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