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Noun shrinkage has 3 senses
  1. shrinking, shrinkage - process or result of becoming less or smaller; "the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage"
    --1 is a kind of decrease, lessening, drop-off
    --1 has particulars: compression, condensation, contraction
    Derived forms: verb shrink3, verb shrink4
  2. shrinkage - the amount by which something shrinks
    --2 is a kind of     decrease, decrement
  3. shoplifting, shrinkage - the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store; "shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting"
    --3 is a kind of larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing
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