SHORTAGE


Meaning of SHORTAGE in English

/shawr"tij/ , n.

1. a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.

2. the amount of such deficiency.

[ 1865-70; SHORT + -AGE ]

Syn. 1. lack, want, scarcity.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .