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shrinkage
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shrink·age (s̸hriŋ′kij)
noun
- the act or process of shrinking; contraction in size, as of a fabric in washing
- decrease in value; depreciation
- the total loss in weight of livestock from the time of shipment to the final processing as meat
- the amount of such shrinking, decrease, etc.
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