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supply shock

supply shock noun: an event that suddenly increases or decreases the supply of a commodity or service, or of commodities and services in general.

Noun

supply shock (countable and uncountable, plural supply shocks)

  1. An event that suddenly increases or decreases the supply of a commodity or service, or of commodities and services in general.

Forms of supply shock

pluralsupply shocks

Questions about supply shock

What does supply shock mean?
Supply shock means an event that suddenly increases or decreases the supply of a commodity or service, or of commodities and services in general.
What part of speech is supply shock?
Supply shock is a noun.
What is the plural of supply shock?
The plural of supply shock is supply shocks.

Words near supply shock in the dictionary

  1. supply lines
  2. supply network
  3. supply networks
  4. supply priest
  5. supply priests
  6. supply shock
  7. supply shocks
  8. supply side
  9. supply sides
  10. supply teacher
  11. supply teachers

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