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Noun shrinkage has 3 senses
- shrinking, shrinkage - process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
--1 is a kind of decrease, lessening, drop-off
--1 has particulars: compression, condensation, contraction
- shrinkage - the amount by which something shrinks
--2 is a kind of decrease, decrement
- shoplifting, shrinkage - the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
--3 is a kind of larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
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