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deadweightdead‧weight, dead weight /ˈdedweɪt/ noun [singular] - Almost every staffroom in the land will rejoice again tomorrow at the final lifting of a deadweight on morale and hope.
- He's told me what a deadweight you were to him.
NOUN► burden· In calculating the size of deadweight burden triangles under monopoly, different economists have used different estimates of the elasticity of demand.· Second, the welfare cost of monopoly is greater than the deadweight burden triangle itself.· Since the quantity is unchanged, there is no distortionary triangle or deadweight burden.· Hence the deadweight burden triangle must be small.· Show why there is no deadweight burden if wages are taxed.· Show the area that is the deadweight burden of the tax.· First, the area of the deadweight burden triangle in Figure 17-1 depends on the elasticity of the demand curve. 1something that is very heavy and difficult to carry2someone or something that prevents you from making progress or being successful |