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penury, pénurie (s) (noun); penuries, pénuries (pl)
1. An extreme poverty and destitution; dearth, lack, shortage: Morgan was in a state of penury after he lost his job.
2. Etymology: from French pénurie; borrowed from Latin penuria, "want, need".
An absence of financial resources.
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