commodity in short supply

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• in short supply — ► in short supply (of a commodity) scarce. Main Entry: ↑short …   English terms dictionary

• in short supply — (of a commodity) scarce. → short …   English new terms dictionary

• commodity trade — ▪ economics Introduction       the international trade in primary goods. Such goods are raw or partly refined materials whose value mainly reflects the costs of finding, gathering, or harvesting them; they are traded for processing or… …   Universalium

• supply — for GST purposes, supply is defined as: The quantity of a good available to meet demand. Supply consists of inventories from previous production, current production, and expected future production. Because resources are scarce, supply creates… …   Financial and business terms

• commodity — 01. Basic [commodities] such as rice and corn are heavily subsidized by the government. 02. The stocks were once a much desired [commodity], but have since lost over 70% of their original value. 03. In the desert, ice is an invaluable [commodity] …   Grammatical examples in English

• short — noun One who has sold futures contracts or plans to purchase a cash commodity. verb Selling futures contracts or initiating a cash forward contract sale without offsetting a particular market position. Chicago Board of Trade glossary Someone who… …   Financial and business terms

• short — adjective 1》 of a small length or duration.     ↘(of a ball in sport) travelling only a small distance before bouncing. 2》 relatively small in extent. 3》 (of a person) small in height. 4》 (short of/on) not having enough of (something); lacking or …   English new terms dictionary

• supply — I. verb (supplied; supplying) Etymology: Middle English supplien to complete, compensate for, from Middle French soupplier, from Latin supplēre to fill up, complete, raise (a military unit, crew) to its full complement, substitute, from sub up +… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• supply — I. /səˈplaɪ / (say suh pluy) verb (supplied, supplying) –verb (t) 1. to furnish (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite. 2. to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite): to supply electricity to a… …  

• Supply-side economics — is an arguably heterodox school of macroeconomic thought that argues that economic growth can be most effectively created using incentives for people to produce (supply) goods and services, such as adjusting income tax and capital gains tax rates …   Wikipedia

• supply and demand — Relationship between the quantity of a commodity that producers have available for sale and the quantity that consumers are willing and able to buy. Demand depends on the price of the commodity, the prices of related commodities, and consumers… …   Universalium