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5. What is a lean period?​

Answer 1

Answer: lean period is a time during which there is not enough of something, esp. money or food: It is a particularly lean year for science funding. When you say that a company or business is lean, you mean that it has the fewest employees it needs to do its work

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Answer 2

「ᴀ ʟᴇᴀɴ ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ ɪs ᴀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴏғ sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ, ᴇsᴘ. ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ ᴏʀ ғᴏᴏᴅ: ɪᴛ ɪs ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄᴜʟᴀʀʟʏ ʟᴇᴀɴ ʏᴇᴀʀ ғᴏʀ sᴄɪᴇɴᴄᴇ ғᴜɴᴅɪɴɢ. ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ sᴀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴʏ ᴏʀ ʙᴜsɪɴᴇss ɪs ʟᴇᴀɴ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ʜᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ғᴇᴡᴇsᴛ ᴇᴍᴘʟᴏʏᴇᴇs ɪᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅs ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ɪᴛs ᴡᴏʀᴋ.」♡