tekort

Definitions of tekort
  1. noun
    lack of an adequate quantity or number
    synonyms: gat
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    types:
    deficit, gat, kastekort
    the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
    schaarste
    an insufficient quantity or number
    zeldzaamheid
    noteworthy scarcity
  2. noun
    the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
    synonyms: deficit, gat, kastekort
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    type of:
    gat
    lack of an adequate quantity or number
  3. noun
    an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
    synonyms: deficit, gat, kastekort
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    types:
    begrotingstekort, financieringstekort, overheidstekort
    an excess of expenditures over revenues
    handelstekort
    an excess of imports over exports
  4. noun
    the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
    synonyms: gebrek, gemis, ontstentenis
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    types:
    honger, schaarste, voedselgebrek, voedselschaarste, voedseltekort
    an acute insufficiency
    type of:
    behoefte
    a condition requiring relief
  5. noun
    a state of extreme poverty
    synonyms: deprivatie, gebrek, gemis, ontstentenis
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    type of:
    kreupelheid
    the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
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