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shake·out

(shāk′out′)

1. A reduction or elimination of competing businesses or products in a particular field.

2. A decline in a securities market that forces speculators to sell their positions, often at a loss.

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shake•out

(ˈʃeɪkˌaʊt)

n.

an elimination of weaker businesses, esp. in a period of intense competition.

[1890–95]

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shakeout - 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"

economic condition - the condition of the economy

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