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A financial condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry
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shakeout
Word definitions for shakeout in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also shake-out , "business upheaval," 1895, from verbal phrase; see shake (v.) + out (adv.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a financial condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry; "they glutted the market in order to cause a shakeout of their competitors"
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated. 2 (context engineering English) The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But the much-needed corporate shakeout is held up by feeble bankruptcy rules. ▪ Especially with the middle-management shakeout of the nineties, bosses change. ▪ The shakeout fuels the consolidation, as groups of lawyers from ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Shakeout is a term used in business and economics to describe the consolidation of an industry or sector, in which businesses are eliminated or acquired through competition. It may also refer to a situation in which many investors exit their positions , ...
Usage examples of shakeout.
That’s why it’s gone cold between them… that’s why, in the shakeout, it’s only partners that count.
After the first shakeout, the Peaceforcers had three facilities where their experiments in genetic engineering were conducted.
You want to be one of those that survive the shakeout, because the alternative is death.