English

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Etymology

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From dump +‎ -age.

Noun

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dumpage (countable and uncountable, plural dumpages)

  1. The act of dumping loads from carts, especially loads of refuse matter.
  2. A heap of dumped matter.
  3. A fee paid for the privilege of dumping loads.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dumpage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)