outflight
nounEtymology From Middle English outflight, out fliȝt, equivalent to out- + flight. Cognate with Dutch uitvlucht (“evasion, excuse”), German Ausflucht (“escape”), Swedish utflykt (“excursion”).
1
The act or process of flying out.
- He did not report whether any bats remained in the roost after the outflight.1979, Hugh H. Genoways, Robert J. Baker, Biological Investigations in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas:
2
The act or process of fleeing.
3
Outward movement or exiting.
- Inflation increases capital outflight which diminishes the availability of funds for domestic investment.1990, André Fargeix, Elisabeth Sadoulet, A Financial Computable General Equilibrium Model for the Analysis of Ecuador's Stabilization Programs: