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shortages

[shawr-tij]

short·age

[shawr-tij]
noun
1.
a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
2.
the amount of such deficiency.

Origin:
1865–70; short + -age

pre·short·age, noun


1. lack, want, scarcity.

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Shortages is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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Cultural Dictionary

shortage definition


A condition that exists when demand exceeds supply because of a lack of equilibrium in a market. If a price is artificially low, buyers want to buy more of a good than sellers are willing to sell. (Compare surplus.)

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