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deficit good

deficit good noun: a commodity which was chronically difficult for citizens of the Soviet Union to obtain; particularly one which was considered a necessity or only a very basic luxury in the West, such as toilet paper or a car.

Noun

deficit good (plural deficit goods)

  1. (historical, in plural) A commodity which was chronically difficult for citizens of the Soviet Union to obtain; particularly one which was considered a necessity or only a very basic luxury in the West, such as toilet paper or a car.

Forms of deficit good

pluraldeficit goods

Origin of deficit good

Calque of Russian дефици́тный това́р (deficítnyj továr, “scarce commodity”, literally “deficit good”).

Questions about deficit good

What does deficit good mean?
Deficit good means a commodity which was chronically difficult for citizens of the Soviet Union to obtain; particularly one which was considered a necessity or only a very basic luxury in the West, such as toilet paper or a car.
What part of speech is deficit good?
Deficit good is a noun.
What is the plural of deficit good?
The plural of deficit good is deficit goods.

Words near deficit good in the dictionary

  1. deficiently
  2. deficientness
  3. deficients
  4. deficit
  5. deficit budget
  6. deficit good
  7. deficit goods
  8. deficit hawk
  9. deficit hawks
  10. deficit spending
  11. deficitary

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