shrinkage

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.

   “How far progress has been made in liquidating the locomotive stock of the old companies may be judged from the shrinkage in their numbers, by some 50 per cent. at the end of 1931, to about 35 per cent. in 1938.”

2. isim The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence: the shrinking of inventory.
3. isim The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.

   “Do women know about shrinkage?”