What does shakeout mean?

Definitions for shakeout
ˈʃeɪkˌaʊtshake·out

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. shakeoutnoun

    an economic 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

  1. shakeoutnoun

    An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.

  2. shakeoutnoun

    The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand, and potentially the cores from the castings.

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  1. shakeout

    A shakeout is a market or industry situation characterized by the exit or failure of some entities due to increased competition, technological changes, or economic downturn. It often occurs once a product or industry matures, resulting in a few strong entities taking over market share and leaving weaker businesses to fail. It can also refer to a significant transfer of funds between investments, often triggered by changes in the economic environment or stock market volatility.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shakeout in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shakeout in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of shakeout in a Sentence

  1. Sean Naughton:

    We’re definitely in a little bit of a shakeout right now, and I don’t expect that all of these specialty grocers are going to survive.

  2. Sean Naughton:

    We're definitely in a little bit of a shakeout right now, and I don't expect that all of these specialty grocers are going to survive.

  3. Vice President Andy Challenger:

    There's still shakeout to come in terms of legacy huge retailers, the companies that are barely escaping bankruptcy during the greatest expansion in American history, there will always be a downturn, and they will have a very hard time.

  4. Adrian Mastracci:

    We had quite a shakeout yesterday, and it's all green today, it's going to be volatile this year, from one day to another, from one month to another.

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