shakeout

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shake·out (sh

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

2. A decline in the values of certain securities that usually results in a depressed stock market.

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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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