Shakeout Definition
shākout
shake-out
noun
Any movement in the market prices of securities that forces speculators to sell their holdings.
Webster's New World
Any drop in economic activity that eliminates marginal or unprofitable businesses, products, etc.
Webster's New World
An event that causes marginal constituents to be eliminated.
The dot-com shakeout of the 1990s left only the most durable, most profitable, and most well backed companies surviving.
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