Synonyms of the word

shrinkage

• n. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
• n. The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence.
• n. (slang) The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.

decrease

• v. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
• v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
• n. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
• n. (knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be…

decrement

• n. A small quantity removed or lost. One of a series of regular subtractions.
• v. To decrease a value by a basic quantity unit.

drop-off

• n. A sudden downward slope.
• n. A sudden decrease (such as in the level of sales).

larceny

• n. (law) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
• n. (law) A larcenous act attributable to an individual.

lessening

• v. present participle of lessen.
• n. A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.

shoplifting

• n. (uncountable) The action of stealing goods from a shop; the action of the verb shoplift.
• n. (countable) A theft from a shop during trading hours.
• v. present participle of shoplift.

shrinking

• v. present participle of shrink.
• n. The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

stealing

• n. (uncountable) The action of the verb to steal.
• n. (archaic, chiefly in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.
• v. present participle of steal.

theft

• n. The act of stealing property.

thievery

• n. The act of theft, the act of stealing.
• n. (obsolete) That which is stolen.

thieving

• v. present participle of thieve.
• adj. That thieves; that steals.
• n. The action of theft.