SHAKEOUT

shakeout

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

shakeout (plural shakeouts)

An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.

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

The shaking of an object to spread it wide and eject any debris.

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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