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Shrinkage definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHRINK'AGE, n. A shrinking or contraction into a less compass. Make an allowance for the shrinkage of grain in drying.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage" [syn: shrinking, shrinkage]
2: the amount by which something shrinks
3: the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting" [syn: shoplifting, shrinkage]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1800 1. the act or process of shrinking 2. a. the loss in weight of livestock during shipment and in the process of preparing the meat for consumption b. the loss of goods especially by theft <inventory shrinkage> 3. the amount lost by shrinkage

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a the process or fact of shrinking. b the degree or amount of shrinking. 2 an allowance made for the reduction in takings due to wastage, theft, etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Shrinkage Shrink"age, n. 1. The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement. 2. The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc. 3. Decrease in value; depreciation. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Shrinkage is a decrease in the size or amount of something. Allow for some shrinkage in both length and width.

Moby Thesaurus

Sanforizing, ablation, atrophy, attenuation, attrition, consumption, corrosion, curtailment, cut, cutting, decrease, decrement, deliquescence, depletion, depreciation, derogation, detraction, diminution, dip, disparagement, dissipation, dissolution, drain, drying, drying up, emaceration, emaciation, erosion, evaporation, exhaustion, expenditure, extraction, impairment, impoverishment, leakage, lessening, loss, parching, preshrinkage, reduction, remission, retraction, retrenchment, searing, shortening, shrinking, shriveling, thinning, truncation, using, using up, wastage, waste, wasting, wear and tear, wearing, wearing away, withering