deadweight loss

English

Noun

deadweight loss (countable and uncountable, plural deadweight losses)

1. (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.