shakeout

[ sheyk-out ]

/ ˈʃeɪkˌaʊt /

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noun

an elimination or winnowing out of some competing businesses, products, etc., as a result of intense competition in a market of declining sales or rising standards of quality.

a rapid decline in the values of certain securities sold in stock exchanges or the like.

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Origin of shakeout

First recorded in 1890–95; noun use of verb phrase shake out

How to use shakeout in a sentence

How this will all shake out is a topic of rampant speculation.
High Rents Are Killing the Restaurant Capital|Will Doig|October 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Fishermen, like thieves, shake out their silver,/ the lithe knives wriggle on the drying sand.
This Week’s Hot Reads: January 19th, 2014|Nicholas Mancusi|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Barbie Latza Nadeau on how it could shake out—and whether Italians could haul her back to a cell in Perugia.
Back to Jail for Amanda Knox?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But as Matt says, it's actually really hard to predict how it would all shake out.
The Sleepless Economy|Megan McArdle|January 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Israel, which is insisting on tough sanctions, is watching intently how things shake out in Baghdad.
Baghdad Talks May Yield Progress on Iranian Nuclear Dispute|Michael Adler|May 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The women at once rose and began to shake out their draperies and relax their muscles.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Separate the cream by straining through muslin, and shake out as much water as possible.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
It was one of those gloomy days with Pierre when we pry into every corner of our souls and shake out every crease.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.|Guy de Maupassant
Go to your rooms and shake out your pretties for tomorrow night's frolic, for I am going to 'pipe down' early tonight.
Peggy Stewart at School|Gabrielle E. Jackson
But no fish can shake out a hook well sunken in mouth or gills, though two-thirds of the barb be filed away.
Woodcraft and Camping|George Washington Sears (Nessmuk)

British Dictionary definitions for shakeout

shake-out

noun

the process of reducing the number of people in a workforce in order to lower the costs of a company

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