- shortage
- noun Date: 1868 lack, deficit
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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shortage — short‧age [ˈʆɔːtɪdʒ ǁ ˈʆɔːr ] noun [countable, uncountable] a situation in which there is not enough of something that people need or want: • We suffer from a labor shortage. • The real estate developer is facing an acute cash shortage. shortage… … Financial and business terms
Shortage — Short age, n. Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shortage — index absence (omission), dearth, deficiency, deficit, delinquency (shortage), insufficiency, need ( … Law dictionary
shortage — 1868, Amer.Eng., from SHORT (Cf. short) + AGE (Cf. age) … Etymology dictionary
shortage — The dollar amount below the accountable amount shown on Form 1412 A at the conclusion of a retail vending credit examination … Glossary of postal terms
shortage — [n] deficiency curtailment, dearth, defalcation, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness; concepts 646,709,767 Ant.… … New thesaurus
shortage — ► NOUN ▪ a situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts … English terms dictionary
shortage — ☆ shortage [shôrtij ] n. a deficiency in the quantity or amount needed or expected, or the extent of this; deficit … English World dictionary
shortage — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, chronic, critical, desperate, dire, serious, severe ▪ the current acute shortage of teachers ▪ … Collocations dictionary
shortage — 01. During a time of war, there is generally a [shortage] of oil, so gasoline is usually rationed. 02. The city often puts restrictions on water use in the summertime in order to prevent [shortages]. 03. There is often a water [shortage] in our… … Grammatical examples in English
shortage — short|age [ˈʃo:tıdʒ US ˈʃo:r ] n [U and C] a situation in which there is not enough of something that people need shortage of ▪ a shortage of skilled labour ▪ There is no shortage of funds. water/food/housing etc shortage ▪ efforts to solve the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
