deadweight loss

English

Noun

deadweight loss (countable and uncountable, plural deadweight losses)

(economics) A loss of economic efficiency due to failure to achieve a free market equilibrium.

Translations

Translations

Finnish: hyvinvointitappio (fi), tehokkuustappio
French: perte sèche (fr) f
Polish: zbędna strata społeczna f

Further reading

“deadweight loss”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

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