shrinkages

Noun

shrinkage (countable and uncountable, plural shrinkages)

1. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
   • How far progress has been made in liquidating the locomotive stock of the old companies may be judged from the shrinkage in their numbers, by some 50 per cent. at the end of 1931, to about 35 per cent. in 1938.1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 161
   1. The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence: the shrinking of inventory.
   2. (slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
      • Do women know about shrinkage?1994 Peter Mehlman & Carol Leifer, "The Hamptons," Seinfeld, Season 5, Episode 20 (aired May 12, 1994), Spoken by Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)