shrinkage
pronunciation
How to pronounce shrinkage in British English:
UK [ˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒ]
How to pronounce shrinkage in American English:
US [ˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- process or result of becoming less or smaller
- the amount by which something shrinks
- the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
Word Origin
- shrinkage (n.)
- 1713, "act or fact of shrinking," from shrink (v.) + -age. Meaning "amount by which something has shrunk" is from 1862.
Example
- 1. For cancer drugs , tumor shrinkage is considered a predictor of increased survival .
- 2. This looks like a recipe for huge shrinkage in balance sheets .
- 3. The reality is that balance sheet shrinkage is best deferred until markets improve .
- 4. Globally , shrinkage cost retailers $ 107 billion in the year to june .
- 5. Adjusted for deflation and population shrinkage , real per-capita household consumption has grown only a little more slowly after 1990 than it did before 1990 .