Definitions for shrinkage

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shrinkage shrink·age

Spelling: [shring-kij]

IPA: /ˈʃrɪŋ kɪdʒ/

Shrinkage is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 620 anagrams from letters in shrinkage (aeghiknrs).

Definitions for shrinkage

noun

1. the act or fact of shrinking.
2. the amount or degree of shrinking.
3. reduction or depreciation in quantity, value, etc.
4. contraction of a fabric in finishing or washing.
5. the difference between the original weight of livestock and that after it has been prepared for marketing.
6. Commerce. loss of merchandise through breakage, pilferage, shoplifting, etc.

Origin of shrinkage

First recorded in 1790-1800; shrink + -age

Examples for shrinkage

There is some shrinkage in the size of the cotton or paper acted upon.

Moreover, shrinkage is often unequal in different portions of the same piece.

The quotient multiplied by 100 will give the per cent of shrinkage.

The time will come when over at our office there will be a shrinkage.

Where there is a mitred or flush joint, the shrinkage is certain to show.

True, much of that shrinkage can be traced to individuals bringing income forward to avoid higher tax rates in 2013.

The creditor foresaw the shrinkage of his property, and feared it.

It is very easy to make and fit, and is not materially affected by shrinkage.

A very important factor in the value of a fabric is the shrinkage.

This shrinkage is more particularly to be observed in the case of cotton.