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Meaning of grocery shrink ray | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The practice, among manufacturers, of gradually reducing the physical size of grocery items so as to increase profits.

colloquial, figuratively

Examples

“They applied the good old grocery shrink ray and yet they also raised the price as well!”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

grocery store groceryman groceteria Grochowski grockel grockle