| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage of something needed, required |
| Synonyms: | arrears, dead horse, defalcation, default, deficiency, due bill, dues, in hock, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, paucity, red ink, scantiness, shortcoming, shortfall, underage |
| Antonyms: | enough, excess, plenty, superfluousness |
| Main Entry: | obligation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
by stress of, if need be, necessarily, needs must, of course, of necessity, perforce, reciprocal, rote, syntrophic, will he nill he, willing or unwilling
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