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Noun
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Deficiency in amount or quality
shortage
deficiency
shortfall
arrears
loss
undersupply
crunch
dearth
debt
default
drought
drouth
failure
famine
inadequacy
inadequateness
indebtedness
insufficiency
lack
lacuna
paucity
pinch
poverty
scantiness
scarceness
scarcity
slippage
want
debit
defalcation
discrepancy
dues
insufficience
shortcoming
underage
dead horse
due bill
in hock
minus amount
negative amount
red ink
in the hole
in the red
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“But how do inequality and the accrual of wealth in themselves affect or result from the trade and current-account deficit?”
Noun
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The state of having a lack of something that is necessary or essential
deprivation
want
poverty
destitution
need
privation
penury
impoverishment
lack
neediness
indigence
scarcity
deficiency
beggary
impecuniousness
pauperism
dearth
impecuniosity
hardship
distress
suffering
pauperdom
absence
ruin
loss
unavailability
disadvantage
oppression
pauperization
detriment
straitened circumstances
hand-to-mouth existence
financial distress
reduced circumstances
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Noun
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Money that is owed and should have been paid earlier
arrears
debt
debts
arrearage
bill
claim
due
score
balance
debit
dues
duty
indebtedness
liabilities
liability
obligation
deficiency
money owing
outstanding payment
outstanding payments
amount outstanding
amount overdue
back payment
balance due
sum unpaid
unpaid bill
account
commitment
debenture
responsibility
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Noun
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The state of being insolvent
insolvency
bankruptcy
failure
ruin
liquidation
beggary
collapse
impecuniousness
pennilessness
penury
ruination
abortion
administration
bomb
botch
breakdown
bungle
bust
checkmate
decay
decline
defeat
deficiency
deterioration
downfall
failing
fiasco
flop
folding
frustration
implosion
inadequacy
indebtedness
lemon
loser
loss
mess
misadventure
miscarriage
misstep
nonperformance
nonsuccess
overthrow
pauperdom
receivership
rout
rupture
stalemate
stoppage
turkey
washout
wreck
financial ruin
false step
faux pas
lead balloon
sinking ship
total loss
flash in the pan
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Noun
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Total amount of money lost
net loss
bottom line
diminishing returns
losses
Noun
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A requirement for something
need
demand
requirement
urgency
necessity
use
wish
call
desire
hunger
imperative
longing
requisite
urge
yearning
covetousness
craving
eagerness
exigency
fervourUK
fervorUS
hankering
lust
market
occasion
pining
predilection
proclivity
propensity
thirst
absence
appetite
aspiration
cry out
dearth
desideratum
dream
lustfulness
needfulness
scantiness
scarceness
scarcity
exigence
inclination
necessitude
passion
support
ambition
drive
drought
expectation
fancy
focus
strong interest
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