deadweight losses

A form of deadweight loss — A loss of economic efficiency due to failure to achieve a free market equilibrium.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of deadweight loss
Cite this entry
APA

deadweight losses. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadweight%20losses

MLA

“deadweight losses.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadweight%20losses. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deadweight losses,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deadweight%20losses.

Source: deadweight losses on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.