shrinkage
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shrinkage
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English shrink
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Old French -agebor.
Middle English -age
English -age
English shrinkage
From shrink + -age.
noun shrinkages
- The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks. How far progress has been made in liquidating the locomotive stock of the old companies may be judged from the shrinkage in their numbers, by some 50 per cent. at the end of 1931, to about 35 per cent. in 1938.
- The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence: the shrinking of inventory.
- The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water. Do women know about shrinkage?
