shrinkage
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shrink·age
(shrĭng′kĭj)n.
1. The process of shrinking.
2. The amount or proportion by which something shrinks.
3. A reduction in value; depreciation.
4. The total weight loss sustained by livestock in shipment to a market.
5. Loss of merchandise, especially through theft.
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shrinkage
(ˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒ)n
1. the act or fact of shrinking
2. the amount by which anything decreases in size, value, weight, etc
3. (Agriculture) the loss in body weight during shipment and preparation of livestock for marketing as meat
4. (Commerce) the loss of merchandise in a retail store through theft or damage
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shrink•age
(ˈʃrɪŋ kɪdʒ)n.
1. an act or process of shrinking.
2. the amount or degree of shrinking.
3. contraction of a fabric in finishing or washing.
4. the difference between the original weight of livestock and that after it has been prepared for marketing.
[1790–1800]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() compression, contraction, condensation - the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling" |
2. | shrinkage - the amount by which something shrinks | |
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shrinkage
[ˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒ] N (gen) → encogimiento m (Tech) (= contraction) → contracción f (Comm) (in shops) → pérdidas fplCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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(ʃriŋk) – past tense shrank (ʃrӕŋk) : past participle shrunk (ʃraŋk) verb1. to (cause material, clothes etc to) become smaller. My jersey shrank in the wash; Do they shrink the material before they make it up into clothes?encoger
2. to move back in fear, disgust etc (from). She shrank (back) from the man.retroceder, echarse atrás
3. to wish to avoid something unpleasant. I shrank from telling him the terrible news.esquivar
ˈshrinkage (-kidʒ) noun the act of shrinking, or the amount by which something shrinks. encogimiento
shrunken (ˈʃraŋk(ən)) adjective having been made or become smaller. encogido
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