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shortage definition

☆ short·age (-ij)

noun

a deficiency in the quantity or amount needed or expected, or the extent of this; deficit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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