transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃɔ:(r)tɪdʒ ]
( shortages)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
If there is a shortage of something, there is not enough of it.
A shortage of funds is preventing the UN from monitoring relief...
Vietnam is suffering from food shortage...
N-VAR : usu with supp , N of n , n N