shrinkage, n.
(shrinkages)
(shrinkages)
the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
<noun.act>
shoplifting shrinkage
sample sentences
"shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the amount by which something shrinks
<noun.attribute>
shrinkage
semantic pointers
hypernym
process or result of becoming less or smaller
<noun.event>
shrinkage shrinking
sample sentences
"the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym