# shrink rate

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The percentage or fraction of an original size, weight, or mass that is lost when an object or material shrinks.
2. The percentage or fraction of an original inventory that is left after reductions from theft, spoilage, evaporation, mislaying, and so on.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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