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shakeout

sha·keout

US/ˈʃeɪˌkaʊt/ uncommon

noun

1.

a financial 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”

Origin

From shake + out.

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