Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A reduction or elimination of competing businesses or products in a particular field.
  • noun A decline in a securities market that forces speculators to sell their positions, often at a loss.

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  • noun An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
  • noun engineering The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.

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  • noun an economic condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry

Etymologies

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shake +‎ out

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Examples

  • I would classify it as the beginnings of what I call a shakeout.

    unknown title 2011

  • David Brooks says that we are in "shakeout" mode in Iraq, and while we're bound to make some mistakes, the overall effort is worth the effort.

    May 2004 2004

  • The industry is going through, I think, a relatively long-term shakeout of capacity here.

    Retail Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010

  • The solar industry is having to grow up in a very public spotlight and many in the industry say the shakeout is a natural part of an evolving market, and that the falling price of solar panels that is impacting individual solar firms is actually a benefit to the market, and the sector, overall.

    Peter Gardett: AOL Energy Week In Review Peter Gardett 2011

  • The solar industry is having to grow up in a very public spotlight and many in the industry say the shakeout is a natural part of an evolving market, and that the falling price of solar panels that is impacting individual solar firms is actually a benefit to the market, and the sector, overall.

    Peter Gardett: AOL Energy Week In Review Peter Gardett 2011

  • Borders is fighting to avoid the kind of shakeout that has happened in other corners of the retailing industry.

    Borders PostsWider Loss on Charges, Sliding Sales and Sluggish Inventory 2009

  • OpEdNews - Quicklink: Soros sees 'shakeout' downsizing hedge fund world

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Soros sees 'shakeout' downsizing hedge fund world 2008

  • But hard-eyed administration officials view the industry as overextended and overbuilt to begin with, arguing in private that it was cruising for a massive "shakeout" even before the terror strikes of Sept. 11.

    Living Politics: Political Shootout At The White House 2007

  • Insights 'long-held belief that the companies left standing after the "shakeout" will reap the rewards of increased profitability, is now coming true.

    Industry Analyst Reporter News 2010

  • Because of the early "shakeout" action that led to a positive close, we sent an Intraday Trade Alert to subscribers, informing them of our buy entry in IYW, as it moved back above its

    The Money Blogs - Blogs all about money deronwagner 2010

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