Talk:absorption

absorption
"5. The taking on of by a shipping company of special charges by another without price increase. 6. The natural lessening of radio waves due to atmospheric interference."

These both seem to be transparent uses of a more general sense, specifically the act or process of absorbing. Are these senses really distinct? - TheDaveRoss 13:02, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
 * # 5 seems overly specific as I've seen it used about things other than shipping costs. Renard Migrant (talk) 20:00, 7 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. As Renard notes, 5 is used about many more things than shipping costs: any business can (lexically, if not necessarily economically) absorb any type of cost, a government can absorb a cost, etc. - -sche (discuss) 00:18, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Deleted. — SMUconlaw (talk) 20:12, 28 July 2016 (UTC)