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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

Words nearby shakeout

shake hands, shake in one's boots, shaken baby syndrome, shake off, shake one's head, shakeout, shaker, Shaker Heights, Shakerism, Shakers, shake someone's tree
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Words related to shakeout

bankruptcy, collapse, decline, deflation, downturn, hard times, inflation, slide, slump, stagnation, unemployment, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, disorder, disruption, disturbance, eruption, explosion, ferment

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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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