slippage
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- n a decrease of transmitted power in a mechanical system caused by slipping
- n decline from a standard level of performance or achievement
- n failing to hold or slipping out of place
the knots allowed no slippage
- Since the liquidation of assets always results in slippage the more that is sold, the worse the price managers for every hedge fund always get the "best" 20% of the profit.
- In the new jargon, a recession can be a "rolling readjustment," a "correction," a "slippage," an "easing," a "mild dip," a "downswing," a "normal adjustment," a "leveling off," a .
- In current Washington pidgin, a "shortfall" is a defense production program that falls short of its goal; "slippage" is the amount it slips behind.