lack

  • 61lack — /læk / (say lak) noun 1. deficiency or absence of something requisite, desirable, or customary: lack of money; lack of skill. 2. something lacking or wanting: skilled labour was the chief lack. –verb (t) 3. to be deficient in, destitute of, or… …

  • 62Lack — der Lack (Mittelstufe) flüssiger Beschichtungsstoff, der dünn auf Gegenstände aus Holz, Metall o. Ä. aufgetragen wird und ihm Glanz und Schutz verleiht Beispiele: Der Tisch wurde mit einem farblosen Lack überzogen. Der Lack blättert wieder ab …

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  • 63Lack — This interesting name is of topographic origin from the Old pre 7th Century English lacu applied to someone living by a stream. The name is presumed to relate particularly to Devon and the English west county. Variants of the surname include… …

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  • 64lack — noun absence or deficiency of something. verb (also lack for) be without or deficient in. Origin ME: corresp. to, and perh. partly from, MDu. and Mid. Low Ger. lak deficiency , MDu. laken lack …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 65lack — /læk/ noun the fact of not having enough ♦ lack of funds not enough money ● The project was cancelled because of lack of funds. ■ verb not to have enough of something ● The company lacks capital. ● The industry lacks skilled staff …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 66lack — Lac Lac (l[a^]k), Lakh Lakh (l[aum]k), n. [Hind. lak, l[=a]kh, l[=a]ksh, Skr. laksha a mark, sign, lakh.] One hundred thousand; also, a vaguely great number; as, a lac of rupees. [Written also {lack}.] [East Indies] [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 67lack — 1. noun /lak,læk/ A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want. Ant: glut, surplus 2. verb /lak,læk/ …

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  • 68lack — See lack, want, need …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 69lack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. want, deficiency, shortage, need. v. t. need, require. See insufficiency, poverty.Ant., sufficiency. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The state of being lacking] Syn. destitution, absence, need, dearth,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 70Lack — Lạck 〈m.; Gen.: (e)s, Pl.: e〉 1. zur Veredelung od. zum Schutz von Oberflächen verwendete Lösung, Suspension od. Emulsion von Harzen, Kunstharzen od. Cellulosederivaten, die, mit Farbstoffen versetzt, auf die zu lackierenden Gegenstände… …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

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