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deficit goods

deficit goods is the plural of deficit good.

Meaning of deficit good

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.

Questions about deficit goods

What is deficit goods the plural of?
Deficit goods is the plural of deficit good.

Words near deficit goods in the dictionary

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

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