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 , thecastings from the molding sand, and potentially thecores 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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Examples
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I would classify it as the beginnings of what I call a shakeout.
unknown title 2011
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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
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The industry is going through, I think, a relatively long-term shakeout of capacity here.
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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
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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
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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
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: Soros sees 'shakeout' downsizing hedge fund world
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Soros sees 'shakeout' downsizing hedge fund world 2008
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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.
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Insights 'long-held belief that the companies left standing after the "shakeout" will reap the rewards of increased profitability, is now coming true.
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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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