ullage (UL-ij) noun

The amount of liquid by which a container falls short of being full, or The amount of liquid within a container that is lost, as by leakage, during shipment or storage.

[Middle English ulage, from Old French eullage, from eullier, to fill a cask, (from ouil eye, hole, from Latin oculus eye).]

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