Definition of shakeout Shakeout

/ʃejˈkawˌt/ - [sheykawt] - shake•out

We found 4 definitions of shakeout from 3 different sources.

What does shakeout mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: shakeouts

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"

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Wiktionary

shakeout (Noun)
An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
shakeout (Noun)
The separation of molds from their flask, the castings from the molding sand , and potentially the cores from the castings.