[ UK /a‍ʊtflˈə‍ʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈaʊtˌfɫoʊ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a natural flow of ground water
  2. the discharge of a fluid from some container
    they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
    he had to clean up the leak
  3. the process of flowing out
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How To Use outflow In A Sentence

  • From here, the nullah reaches the Punjab and Haryana boundary, near Shagun Hotel, where the outflow is now blocked.
  • For the next three years until 2001, private capital outflow amounted to between $8 to 10 billion annually.
  • The runoff hose was supplied by a tank reservoir that permitted measurement (i.e., volumetric metering) of the outflow.
  • This is a trend I haven't seen since I was a kid: the reverse of this huge outflow of talented people.
  • Such valves allow the intake of air but not the outflow.
  • Junk bond fund flows reversed, with outflows of $319 million this week.
  • Usually, however, not wishing to go into the matter so thoroughly -- having come in contact with outsiders chiefly when they have been on holiday and least economical -- he considers a tip merely as the outflowing of a gen'leman's abundance. A Poor Man's House
  • Certainly, the ‘no haste’ policy did not end the capital outflow.
  • Inevitably, cash outflows associated with leasing or financing will occur at different times and for different durations of time.
  • The beach systems are formed entirely by groundwater outflow and sapping where the water table intersects the beach face.
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