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/ʃrˈɪŋkɪdʒ/ Listen

noun

Shrinkage n.

The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.

The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.

Decrease in value; depreciation. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Shrinkage'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shrinkage" Quotes from Famous Books

... all the devils to serpents, and of their applause to "a dismal universal hiss" was perhaps devised to cast a slur upon the success of his mission. Some critics have professed to discern a certain progressive degradation and shrinkage in Satan as the poem proceeds. But his original creation lived on in the imagination and memory of Milton, and was revived, with an added pathos, in Paradise Regained. The most moving of all Satan's ...

— Milton • Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

... first heard the story of The Bill. Vennard had done more than play golf at Littlestone. His active mind—for his bitterest enemies never denied his intellectual energy—had been busy on a great scheme. At that time, it will be remembered, a serious shrinkage of unskilled labour existed not only in the Transvaal, but in the new copper fields of East Africa. Simultaneously a famine was scourging Behar, and Vennard, to do him justice, had made manful efforts to cope with it. He had gone fully into the ...

— The Moon Endureth--Tales and Fancies • John Buchan

... the Proposition very carefully," said the Investor, as he tilted himself back in his jointed Chair. "I must have the History of all previous Bond Issues under the same Auspices. Also the Report of an Expert as to possible Shrinkage of Assets. Any Investment should be preceded by a ...

— Knocking the Neighbors • George Ade

... evident that if comparable scores are to be obtained the samples receive the same treatment particularly as regards moisture content. Samples should be dried sufficiently to show the shrinkage of poorly developed kernels but in no case be allowed to dry to the point of checking the shells. Uniform soaking practice is a step in the right direction. A green or partially dried nut will test much higher than one properly cured as evidenced by Snyder, sample 6 and Spear, ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 • Various

... the industrial decline by which {458} Altamira reckons that the cities of the center and north, which suffered most, lost from one-half to one-third of their total population, and it is evident that a very considerable shrinkage took place. The census of 1594 reported a ...

— The Age of the Reformation • Preserved Smith

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