shrinkage

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: shrink=age

CIDE DICTIONARY

shrinkage, n. 

•  The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.  [1913 Webster]
•  The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  Decrease in value; depreciation.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

shrinkage, n.
1 a the process or fact of shrinking. b the degree or amount of shrinking.
2 an allowance made for the reduction in takings due to wastage, theft, etc.

THESAURUS

shrinkage

Sanforizing, ablation, atrophy, attenuation, attrition, consumption, corrosion, curtailment, cut, cutting, decrease, decrement, deliquescence, depletion, depreciation, derogation, detraction, diminution, dip, disparagement, dissipation, dissolution, drain, drying, drying up, emaceration, emaciation, erosion, evaporation, exhaustion, expenditure, extraction, impairment, impoverishment, leakage, lessening, loss, parching, preshrinkage, reduction, remission, retraction, retrenchment, searing, shortening, shrinking, shriveling, thinning, truncation, using, using up, wastage, waste, wasting, wear and tear, wearing, wearing away, withering